The 'Dorsal Straddle' Is a Newly Discovered Froggy Sex Position

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By Carl Engelking
Jun 14, 2016 3:00 PMDec 7, 2019 4:46 AM
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Two Bombay night frogs, Nyctibatrachus humayuni, locked in the so-called dorsal straddle. (Credit: S.D. Biju)

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Bombay night frogs have added a new chapter to the Anuran Kama Sutra. There are roughly 6,600 species of Anurans – frogs and toads – worldwide, but for all that variety, these amphibians stick to one of six mating positions when it’s time to make more frogs and toads.

But Bombay night frogs, Nyctibatrachus humayuni, aren’t like other frogs; instead, mating couples wriggle into a newly discovered, seventh sex position that researchers christened the “dorsal straddle”. Don’t be surprised if this one soon appears in the Urban Dictionary.

Doing the Dorsal Straddle

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