Sentence examples for anuran from inspiring English sources

The West African goliath frog, which can reach 30 cm (12 inches) from snout to vent and weigh up to 3.3 kg (7.3 pounds), is the largest anuran.

The pectoral girdle is designed to absorb the shock of the anuran as it lands on its forelimbs; an elastic, muscular suspension connecting the pectoral girdle to the skull and vertebral column provides this ability.

Eggs of many anuran species laid in warm water require only one or two days to develop, whereas eggs deposited in cold mountain lakes or streams may not hatch for 30 to 40 days.

Some anuran species living in xeric (dry) habitats, in which ephemeral ponds may exist for only a few weeks, develop and metamorphose within two to three weeks; however, most species require at least two months.

Gastrotheca marsupiata is an ovoviviparous anuran with a gestation period of three to four months.

Salamander and caecilian larvae are carnivorous, and they have a morphology more like their respective adult forms than do anuran larvae.

Many anurans have smooth, moist skins.

Anurans depend on their visual acumen for feeding and locomotion, and hence the eyes of most species are large and well developed.

The locomotor pattern of saltation (hopping) is confined mainly to kangaroos, anurans (tailless amphibians), rabbits, and some groups of rodents in the vertebrates and to a number of insect families in the arthropods.

As a result of unfolding DNA evidence and a continuing transition from a strictly Linnean system to one based on cladistics, the most up-to-date classification of anurans was established by Ford and Cannatella in 1993.

Arboreal (tree-dwelling) anurans have long limbs and digits with large, terminal, adhesive pads; anurans that burrow have short sturdy limbs and large spatulate tubercles made of keratin on their feet.