the corpse's belly until oocytes are ejected. The oocytes are then fertilized. In one study, this behavior was observed in five different males. The researchers suggested that the necrophilia was a reproductive strategy, offsetting the fitness cost of the female's death. This would make R. proboscidea the only species known to practice reproductively functional, rather than accidental, necrophilia. References proboscidea Amphibians described in 1824 Amphibians of Brazil Amphibians of Colombia Amphibians of Ecuador Amphibians of Peru Taxonomy articles created by Polbot