. The biology of the amphibia. Amphibians. Fig. 38.—Secondary sexual modification of the manus in Lechriodus melano- pyga. A. Right hand of female as seen from below. B. Right hand of male, same aspect. only a few species of a related group. The European mountain brook newts of the genus Euproctus are notorious in the way they court. The males lie in wait among the rocks and snare passing females with their prehensile tails. So forceful and pro-. Fig. 39.—The male Triturus pyrrhogaster with the glandular hypertrophies, the elongated digits, and the pointed tail, characteristic of this sex. lon
. The biology of the amphibia. Amphibians. Fig. 38.—Secondary sexual modification of the manus in Lechriodus melano- pyga. A. Right hand of female as seen from below. B. Right hand of male, same aspect. only a few species of a related group. The European mountain brook newts of the genus Euproctus are notorious in the way they court. The males lie in wait among the rocks and snare passing females with their prehensile tails. So forceful and pro-. Fig. 39.—The male Triturus pyrrhogaster with the glandular hypertrophies, the elongated digits, and the pointed tail, characteristic of this sex. longed is the grip that it frequently kills the captured animal. E. montanus apparently assists the grip with the spikelike processes which protrude from its fibulas (Klingelhoffer, 1930). Nevertheless the related E. asper succeeds well without these spurs. Again, the toes of some newts, especially those of Triturus. 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 Noble, Gladwyn Kingsley, 1894-1940. New York : McGraw-Hill
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