Mating ball
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Mating balls are a brief gregarious structure resulting from a mating behaviour wherein a large number of individuals cluster together while mating. It has been observed in various kinds of animals in
Thamnophis
Bufo bufo
B. quinquespinosus
Amplexus
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Amplexus is a type of mating behavior exhibited by some externally fertilizing species in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process, and at the same time or with s
Mating ball
…Cubophis vudii, Natrix natrix, Bufo bufo, Bufo boreas, and other species. In the context of amphibians, mating balls are sometimes known as 'multiple amplexus'. Kevin M. O'Neill has observed mating balls in Bembecinus quinquespinosus. Habropoda miserabilis also mate in balls. The phenomenon has been observed…
Orange-thighed frogs (Litoria xanthomera) in amplexus
European common frog
European common toad (Bufo bufo).