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Four frogs sitting on the ground under leaves. One has eggs all over its rear.

Four frogs sitting on the ground under leaves. One has eggs all over its rear.

It's #WorldFrogDay! DYK Males of the midwife frog species Alytes obstetricans carry fertilized eggs on their backs until they're ready to hatch. #SciArt by P.J. Smit, Boulenger's "The Tailless Batrachians of Europe" 1897 in #BHLib via #SmithsonianLibraries: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36107857

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An historic image of a Christmas Beetle (green carapace, red legs).

An historic image of a Christmas Beetle (green carapace, red legs).

The best decorations are the wild kind: Australia's King Christmas Beetle (pictured here from the species' first scientific description, Donovan, 1805). #AussieXmasTree biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52221720 via
@biodivlibrary.bsky.social & #SmithsonianLibraries

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