b. The eggs are laid in a specially walled-in part of the pond: Hyla faber.
B. The eggs are deposited out of the water:–
a. In holes, or under grass, near the banks of pools. The larvae are liberated and washed into the water by the next heavy rain: Leptodactylus ocellatus, L. mystacinus, Paludicola gracilis, Pseudophryne australis and P. bibroni.
b. On leaves above the water, the larvae dropping down when leaving the egg: Chiromantis rufescens, Phyllomedusa iheringi, Ph. hypochondrialis.
II. The yolk is very large and the young undergoes the whole or part of the metamorphosis within the egg; at any rate the larva does not assume an independent existence until after the loss of the gills.
A. The eggs are deposited in damp situations, or on leaves. The young escape as:–
a. Tadpoles: Arthroleptis seychellensis, Rhacophorus schlegeli, Rh. maculatus.
b. Perfect, air-breathing frogs: Rana opisthodon, Hylodes martinicensis, Hyla nebulosa.
B. The eggs are carried by a parent.
a. By the male:–