egg clutches. Some of these strategies include egg attendance, egg guarding, and aggressive behavior to defend the oviposition site or itself. In egg attendance, the adult male frog will remain at a particular oviposition site regardless of time. In egg guarding, the adult male frog will be perched in front of the eggs in the internode presumably to deter a perceived threat. The adult male frog will also exhibit aggressive behavior such as aggressive vocalization or lunging at threats such as conspecific males and arthropods such as katydids and cockroaches entering the internode. During the day, the adult male frog will sleep near the egg clutch with its eyes half closed and limbs brought close to its body. During the time period of parental care, the caregiver may not forage or feed. This parental care serves as a way to protect the clutch from the many threats the eggs face. The mortality rate of unattended eggs is much higher than those of attended eggs, and the main source of egg mortality is from predation. The main cause of predation is cannibalism from conspecific males who are thought to be unsuccessful in finding a mate and defending their own oviposition site. As a male providing care regularly vocalizes which could signal territory ownership, a lack of vocalization may lead to these cannibalistic males attempting to take of the oviposition site and eating the nutrient rich eggs in the clutch. Egg parasitism from flies and oophagy from ants are also predation issues, but the male caregiver may eat the intruding ants and flies, which serves as a form of sustenance. Another cause of egg mortality is fungal infection. Oviposition sites Nests are made in the internodes of the Ochlandra travancorica species of bamboo. The adult frogs can get in through a small opening near the base of the internode. It is hypothesized that if the internode has an opening at the top, water could collect inside and drown the froglets. The insides of the oviposition sites have lower temperature and higher humidity compared to the outside. This higher humidity benefits the frog eggs by reducing water loss from evaporation. The eggs laid are also attached to the inner wall of the bamboo through a mucilaginous strand. Inside the bamboo, these eggs will undergo direct development without water. Development The eggs of Raorchestes chalazodes are spherical and transparent and are connected to the