1. Clutch Characteristics in the Southern Leopard Frog
From Northeastern Arkansas

2. Communal Egg Masses

3. (larger females produce larger eggs)
As body size increases, mean ovum mass increases
(larger females produce larger eggs)

4. As body size increases, clutch size increases
(larger females produce larger ovarian egg clutches)

5. As the number of eggs per egg mass increases,
the egg diameters tend to decrease (larger masses
have smaller eggs…laid by smaller females)

6. As the number of eggs per mass increases, the mass
per egg tends to decrease (larger masses tend to
have smaller eggs…laid by smaller females)

7. Larger females partition clutches
into smaller masses
As the mass of egg masses increases, the number of eggs per mass eventually increases above 2000 eggs per mass (larger masses have larger numbers of eggs…laid by smaller females)

8. Conclusions Smaller females produce smaller eggs
Smaller females oviposit their entire egg clutch
Larger females produce larger eggs
Larger females produce multiple clutches with smaller egg numbers, but eggs are larger