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.
Here’s a quick primer on the recently minted seventh mating position: The male straddles the female while grasping onto a leaf or a twig – on occasion, his hand may rest on her hand or arm. He then thrusts his hips, releases his sperm onto the female’s back and hops away. After that, she deposits her eggs and arches her back, funneling ...
