. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Figure 3. Concealing himself, the monitor presses his body tightly to the ground (3a, above left) and remains motionless. The animal's eyes remained open in every instance of this that we were able to make out. Convinced that he has not been noticed, the monitor moves away from the site of the encounter after a short time, creeping along the ground such that his elbows and knees frequently rise higher than the level of his back (3b, above right). The animal moving away from the observer in this fas
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Figure 3. Concealing himself, the monitor presses his body tightly to the ground (3a, above left) and remains motionless. The animal's eyes remained open in every instance of this that we were able to make out. Convinced that he has not been noticed, the monitor moves away from the site of the encounter after a short time, creeping along the ground such that his elbows and knees frequently rise higher than the level of his back (3b, above right). The animal moving away from the observer in this fashion uses shrubs and elements of relief so skillfully as cover. Figure 4. The carriage of the monitor in flight. The animal is fleeing the observer, (photo by Yu. G. Men'shikov). 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 Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; Chung-kuo liang chi pa hsing tung wu hs©eh hui. Berkeley, Calif. : Asiatic Herpetological Research Society : Chinese Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
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