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Red-eyed Treefrog Eggs

Caption: Adult red-eyed treefrogs are the postcard-perfect mascot of tropical biology, but their eye-catching embryos get the cover of the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Credit: Karen Warkentin, Boston University and STRI

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