souvonik2k
Unlike frogs that metamorphose from tadpoles into adults within a one-year period, it takes three to four years for the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada to reach adulthood, and so they are restricted to deeper bodies of water that do not dry up in summer or freeze solid in winter.
souvonik2k
(A)it takes three to four years for the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada to reach adulthood, and so they are
As we have frogs after Unlike, we need to maintain consistency and have any other animal or different frogs. This disrupts the consistency.
Hence Incorrect.souvonik2k
(B)it takes the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada three to four years until it reaches adulthood, and therefore it is
As we have frogs after Unlike, we need to maintain consistency and have any other animal or different frogs. This disrupts the consistency.
Hence Incorrect.souvonik2k
(C) in the Sierra Nevada, mountain yellow-legged tree frogs take three to four years to reach adulthood, thus being
As we have Frogs after Unlike, we need to maintain consistency and have any other animal or different frogs. This disrupts the consistency.
Hence Incorrect.souvonik2k
(D) mountain yellow-legged frogs of the Sierra Nevada take three to four years until they reach adulthood, thus
Maintains consistency. Frogs compared to different kind of Frogs. But 'Take .... Until' is wrong idiomatic usage.
Hence Incorrectsouvonik2k
(E) mountain yellow-legged frogs of the Sierra Nevada take three to four years to reach adulthood, with the result that they are
Maintains consistency. Frogs compared to different kind of Frogs. Also idiomatic usage corrected here.
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