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What frogs were able to bear offspring in their stomach?

The frog Rheobatrachus silus, which lived in Australia and was considered extinct since the 1980s, had a unique method of bearing offspring. After laying the eggs and fertilizing them by the male, the female swallowed the eggs into her stomach. The prostaglandin surrounding them interfered with the production of gastric juice, therefore, during gestation, the stomach did not perform its main function. When the time came, the frog simply spit out the tadpoles.

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