nuptial pad
nuptial pad In Ranidae (frogs), one of the horny or thickened pads on each thumb of the male. They are especially prominent during the mating season, when they assist the male in grasping the female during the sexual embrace, in which the male extrudes sperm over the eggs as these are ejected by the female.
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