Table 3.

The number of eggs produced during the 11.5 to 17.5 hrs post-induction period when eggs were fertile, the numbers of eggs from 21.5 to 23 hrs post-induction during which eggs were infertile, and the total number of eggs from both periods (means ± SE). One female expired from the treatment group receiving two primings before egg laying commenced, hence there are nine animals for this group compared to ten for the group receiving one priming.

	No. eggs spawned with one priming hrs post-induction.			No. eggs spawned with two primings hrs post-induction.
Toad Number	11.5–17.5	20.5–23	11.5–23	11.5–17.5	20.5–23	11.5–23
1	0	0	0	3,540	120	3,660
2	250	250	500	3,530	230	3,760
3	1,430	230	1,660	4,355	1,000	5,355
4	2,325	300	2,625	1,191	750	1,941
5	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	260	300	560	2,050	0	2,050
7	1,250	540	1,790	1,255	260	1,515
8	0	1,710	1,710	4,090	0	4,090
9	3,135	1,340	4,475	2,950	400	3,350
10	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA
Total eggs	8,650	4,670	13,320	22,961	2,760	25,721
Average No. eggs for all toads	865 ± 353 (n = 10)	467 ± 186 (n = 10)	1,332 ± 455 (n = 10)	2,551 ± 500 (n = 9)	306 ± 118 (n = 9)	2,857 ± 539 (n = 9)
Average No. eggs of spawning toads	1,441 ± 465 (n = 6)	667 ± 228 (n = 7)	1,903 ± 512 (n = 7)	2,870 ± 436 (n = 8)	460 ± 139 (n = 6)	3,215 ± 458 (n = 8)