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Dendropsophus ebraccatus

Caption: This is the pantless tree frogs, Dendropsophus ebraccatus, in amplexus. The female, underneath the male, is laying eggs in a jelly-like matrix. This species can lay its eggs either in water or out of water.

Credit: Justin Touchon

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