Gross Science | Why Does This Frog Have So Many Legs?! @grossscienceshow | Uploaded 7 years ago | Updated 1 minute ago
These frogs can have up to TEN back legs.
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Parasite (Ribeiroia ondatrae) infection linked to amphibian malformations in the western United States:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0151:PROILT]2.0.CO;2/full
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