Body temperature is the most important physiological variable affecting the performance of ectothermic animals. In June and October of 2011, we collected female and male subadults (gonads have not yet matured) , juveniles (tails have just been completely absorbed) , and tadpoles (stages 28-38) of the tiger frog Hoplobatrachus chinensis, which is a national secondary grade protection animal, from the
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