UPSC | Mains GS2 | 2026

Explain how warming affects sex reversal in agile frogs and the consequences for sex-reversed males.

Answer

Warming can influence sex development in agile frogs and create reproductive and survival disadvantages for sex-reversed males.

Warming causes sex reversal in agile frogs.

Sex-reversed males sire fewer offspring and are more vulnerable to heat and disease.

agile frogs; warming; sex reversal; fewer offspring; heat vulnerability; disease vulnerability

Topics: agile frogs, reproductive vulnerability, sex reversal, warming