Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 84
most circumstancesmuch greater difficulty in getting at water than pond-frogs ; and this is especially true in certain tropical ordesert districts. Hence most of the frogs which inhabitsuch regions have had to find out or invent some in-genious plan for passing through the tadpole stagewith a… … 64 A Book of Natural History pense with the aid of water altogether, and glue theirnew-laid eggs to their own backs, where the fry passthrough the tadpole stage with the slimy mucus whichsurrounds them. Nature always discovers such cun-ning schemes to get over apparent difficulties in herway: and…
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