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- noun zoology Any member of the Leiopelmatidae.
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Essner's team used high-speed video to compare jumping in three leiopelmatid species with two more-evolved species.
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Essner's team used high-speed video to compare jumping in three leiopelmatid species with two more-evolved species.
Scientific Blogging 2010
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Few scientists have studied leiopelmatid frogs, and none have analyzed their jumping behavior, Essner says.
U.S. News 2010
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But the leiopelmatid Ascaphus montanus, the Rocky Mountain tailed frog, didn't withdraw its legs midflight and had wildly inconsistent landings, with body angles at touchdown ranging from a 62° leg-dragging belly flop to a - 71° near-tumbling face plant.
U.S. News 2010
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Essner's team used high-speed video to compare jumping in three leiopelmatid species with two more-evolved species.
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