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Egg retention

Asser Oct 30, 2003 10:56 AM

Does anybody out there know whether it can be harmful to a toad if it does not mate and thereby gets rid of her eggs?

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Colchicine Oct 31, 2003 10:23 AM

My thoughts would be that unlike reptiles, they can reabsorb the eggs. I have experience with a gravid bullfrog that never laid eggs.
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