amplexus

This position is called amplexus and may be held for several days.

In the wild, amplexus usually takes between 10 minutes and five days.

The male grasps the female in a process called amplexus.

The female will dig underground while it is in amplexus.

Once the female has located the male, the pair will enter amplexus.

The males call from under the ground, and amplexus takes place in the burrow.

They hold the females with their front limbs in a grip called amplexus.

Sometimes, amplexus will not result in eggs being laid.

A successful male stays in amplexus for several days.

In addition, amplexus allows a male to guard a female from other males until she is ready to lay her eggs.

In contrast, among prolonged breeders, amplexus lasts a few hours at most.

During amplexus, the female does all the swimming.

The frogs may move up to 100 m during amplexus before the female lays her eggs.

During amplexus the female kicks the eggs up onto an overhanging bank or rocks.

Amplexus between the male and female occurs mainly in water, but sometimes at substantial distances away on dry land.

African dwarf frogs mate during what is called amplexus.

Frogs and toads engage in amplexus for several reasons.

In amplexus, the male grabs the female around the abdomen just in front of her back legs.

Mating frogs, while in amplexus, hold onto a branch, and beat their legs to form a foam.

Within an hour or so of reaching the pond and becoming clasped in amplexus, females start to lay their eggs.

In the frog Atelopus the male and female remain in amplexus for several months.

These spines are used in amplexus by the males to attain a better grip on the females.

Females approach calling males and they display axillary amplexus during mating.

The partners rise from the floor while in amplexus and flip through the water in arcs.

The males clasp the female from behind the forelimbs and shake, a behavior called amplexus.