Relationship between myological variables and different take‐off and landing behaviours in frogs

Although landing behaviour in anurans differs significantly among species, a take‐off behaviour seems to be largely conserved in the evolution of frogs and toads. The ancestral mode of landing is hypothesized to involve the body crash‐landing on the substrate, after which the anuran cycles the limbs forward and then backward to their resting position. The part of the body that first contacts the substrate may vary among taxa. The limbs and...