. The ecology and life history of the common frog (Rana temporaria temporaria). Rana temporaria. Fig. 46. These Drawings Show the Difference between the Build of a Male, on the Left, and the Spent Female on the Right The male, a more powerfully built animal, is actually stouter than the slightly built female, so that the difference in figure cannot explain the frequent seizure of spent females by males. The male was standing in water, against the glass of the tank. The female was resting on the glass bottom, and is seen as in the lower mirror. making her way through a crowd of males, but she w
. The ecology and life history of the common frog (Rana temporaria temporaria). Rana temporaria. Fig. 46. These Drawings Show the Difference between the Build of a Male, on the Left, and the Spent Female on the Right The male, a more powerfully built animal, is actually stouter than the slightly built female, so that the difference in figure cannot explain the frequent seizure of spent females by males. The male was standing in water, against the glass of the tank. The female was resting on the glass bottom, and is seen as in the lower mirror. making her way through a crowd of males, but she would often be detained for short periods. From my observations on this species, and also on Bufo bufo, and Bombina variegata, I concluded that in each case the female can get rid of the male any time she wants to, merely by using a dismissal stimulus, different in each species. In B. bufo, it seems that it has a somewhat negative character. If, when the complicated series of movements that usually precedes the emission of eggs is complete, and the male has. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Savage, Ronald Maxwell. New York, Hafner Pub. Co.
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