Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The tailed frogs are two species of frogs in the genus Ascaphus, the only taxon in the family Ascaphidae /æˈskæfɨdiː/. The "tail" in the name is actually an extension of the male cloaca. The tail is one of two distinctive anatomical features adapting the species to life in fast-flowing streams. It is the only North American frog that reproduces by internal fertilization.Its scientific names means ‘without a spade’, from the privative prefix a- and the Ancient Greek skaphís (σκαφίς, ‘spade, shovel’), referring to the metatarsal spade, which these frogs do not have."@en }
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- Tailed_frog abstract "The tailed frogs are two species of frogs in the genus Ascaphus, the only taxon in the family Ascaphidae /æˈskæfɨdiː/. The "tail" in the name is actually an extension of the male cloaca. The tail is one of two distinctive anatomical features adapting the species to life in fast-flowing streams. It is the only North American frog that reproduces by internal fertilization.Its scientific names means ‘without a spade’, from the privative prefix a- and the Ancient Greek skaphís (σκαφίς, ‘spade, shovel’), referring to the metatarsal spade, which these frogs do not have.".