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    the head, waist, or armpits, and the type of amplexus is characteristic of some taxonomic groups. Amplexus involves direct contact between male and female...
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    1988 (which he classified as Allosaurus amplexus). Other authors have gone further and considered E. amplexus as simply a large individual of Allosaurus...
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  • Amplexus was an Italian record label that was founded by Stefano Gentile that specialized in limited-edition mini CDs by notable ambient artists such as...
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    (eds.). "Coryoichthys amplexus". FishBase. February 2018 version. Dianne J. Bray; Vanessa J. Thompson. "Corythoichthys amplexus". Fishes of Australia...
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    hours with a female toad that had been run over by a car. Necrophilic amplexus in frogs may occur because males will mount any pliable object the size...
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    to signal a mate's fitness. Moor frogs typically mate through multimale amplexus a form of polyandry. The moor frog spawns its eggs in large batches in...
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    although this is reversed in the genus Crangonyx. Amphipods engage in amplexus, a precopulatory guarding behavior in which males will grasp a female with...
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    D. versicolor in amplexus...
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    springs, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, and irrigated land. Amplexus is the mating behaviour involved in the Japanese common toad during the...
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    Guraleus amplexus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 2...
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    chest of males are specialised to produce sticky secretions to aid in amplexus. Similar glands in tree frogs produce a glue-like substance on the adhesive...
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    of competitive ability and reproductive behavior. Pairs breed through amplexus. Males emit low frequency advertisement calls to attract females. During...
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    they die. H. japonica have been observed with Pelophylax chosenicus in amplexus. Both species inhabit rice paddies and this shared habitat is a possible...
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    and wrestle nearby. The winning male and female will then participate in amplexus, where the male will grasp a female by the waist from behind. The female...
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    may twitch sporadically. Amplexus usually happens at night after one or more nights of "humming" by the male. During amplexus, the female swims, laying...
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    of the female in amplexus, causing the cloaca and the skin of the female to swell. The partners rise from the floor while in amplexus and flip through...
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    females. Their call consists of simple, multi-pulsed, harmonic notes. During amplexus, which is axillary, the pair moves to the water’s edge, where they deposit...
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    reproduction). Of the seven amplexus modes (positions in which frogs mate), these frogs are found breeding in inguinal amplexus, where the male clasps the...
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    receptive, she will tolerate amplexus; if not, she will attempt to buck him off by arching her spine.[citation needed] Amplexus can last from a few days to...
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    species manifest nuptial pads for use in amplexus, an example being the rough-skinned newt, Taricha granulosa. Amplexus – Type of mating behavior exhibited...
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    typically skewed toward males. Which might lead to some interspecific amplexus events with other North American frogs Conversely, females have brief periods...
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  • recognition is fallible: in many species of frog, males commonly misdirect their amplexus (mounting) to other species or even inanimate objects. Heliconius charithonia...
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    them with their fore limbs under the armpits in a grip that is known as amplexus. The males are enthusiastic, will try to grasp fish or inanimate objects...
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    wrapping a forelimb around them to secure them initially in an inguinal amplexus formation (males wrap their digits around female anterior to the pelvic...
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    Abergasilus amplexus is a species of parasitic copepod endemic to euryhaline habitats in New Zealand. It is the only known species in the genus Abergasilus...
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    calling to hide their position from predators. Females create basins during amplexus and deposit fertilized eggs onto the surface of the water. Males grow to...
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    for the neobatrachials, in that they undertake inguinal amplexus, a primitive version of amplexus. They lay their eggs on moist ground, rather than in water...
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    'spur' on each of its thumbs, which are used to clasp the female during amplexus (the mating embrace). The mountain chicken was once found on many of the...
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    Mating phantasmal poison frogs in amplexus....
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    the context of amphibians, mating balls are sometimes known as 'multiple amplexus'. Kevin M. O'Neill has observed mating balls in Bembecinus quinquespinosus...
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