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amplexus

[am′plek·səs]
(botany)
Having the edges of a leaf overlap the edges of a leaf above it in vernation.
(vertebrate zoology)
The copulatory embrace of frogs and toads.
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"B" = breeding sites determined by the presence of eggs, tadpoles-larvae, chorusing adults, or pairs in amplexus. "Y" = sites where amphibians were observed but there was no evidence of breeding activity.
HERPETOLOGICAL INVENTORY OF THE STIKINE RIVER REGION, ALASKA, 2010-2018
Some species of frog need to go into amplexus for weeks or even months, but it isn't known how long it lasts for the Sehuencas.
Unfroggetable: endangered Bolivian amphibians get long-awaited first date
Amplexus occurring between amphibians of different orders (Hobel, 2005a; Simovic et al., 2014), families (Sodre et al., 2014; Clause et al., 2015; Bell & Scheinberg, 2016; Reilly et al., 2016), genera (Streicher et al., 2010; Kindermann, 2015; Marchant et al., 2015; Loc-Barragan et al., 2016), and species (Hobel, 2005b; Ceron & Zocche, 2016; Schalk, 2016) that overlap spatially and temporally has been documented previously, even if one of those involved is dead (Waterstrat et al., 2008; Muller, 2016), or both are males (Costa-Campos et al., 2016).
AMPLEXO HETEROESPECIFICO ENTRE TRIPRION PETASATUS (ANURA: HYLIDAE) E INCILIUS VALLICEPS (ANURA: BUFONIDAE) EN YUCATAN, MEXICO
For each individual anuran found, we recorded the species, location, activity (calling, amplexus, resting), and microhabitat according to type of substrate (sand, leaf-litter, rock and water) or plant life-form (tree, grass, bromeliads, agaves, herbs).
Distribucion espacial y temporal y uso de microhabitat de los anuros con reproduccion acuatica en un bosque seco estacional en Chamela, Mexico
Trade-off between male reproduction (amplexus) and growth in the amphipod Gammarus lawrecnianus.
MOBILITY COST OF COPULATION IS INDEPENDENT OF FEMALE:MALE SIZE RATIO IN ANASA TRISTIS
Emerson (1991) suggested that total length of forelimbs may not be most appropriate measure for sexual selection in frogs, and emphasized functional aspect of their segments (humerus and radioulna) in amplexus. The increase of these elements allows stronger hold of males on females during amplexus and resistance of takeover by competing males (Howard & Kluge 1985).
Sexual dimorphism in size and shape of traits related to locomotion in nine anuran species from Serbia and Montenegro
Aquatic eggs are fertilized by multiple males not engaged in amplexus in a stream-breeding frog.
Acute artificial light diminishes central Texas anuran calling behavior
(14) For Cola's embrace of Petrarch as teacher, see Cola di Rienzo a Francesc Petrarca, July 27, 1347, Epistolario XV (37-8): "[I]n gratissimo exhortamine vestro, per exempla laudabilia bonorum veterum, per eccitationes ad virtutum amplexus, nos sumus et fuimus plurimum recreati" ("In your very gratifying letter of exhortation, you have summoned the praiseworthy examples of the heroes of old to spur us on to emulate their virtuous deeds, whereby our spirits are and have been thoroughly revived").
Writing the revolution: Petrarch and the tribunate of Cola di Rienzo
Et nobis idem Alcimedon duo pocula fecit et molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho Orpheaque in medio posuit siluasque sequentis; necdum illis labra admoui, sed condita seruo.
A translation of Vergil's third Eclogue into Afrikaans
uidebanturque ei dies pauci prae amoris magnitudine: quo ad speciosae rachelis castos hanelabat amplexus" (MOMBRITIUS, 1910, p.
Education, Dominican order and hagiography: a comparative analysis of Legenda Beati Petri Gundisalvi and Legenda Sancti Dominici/Educacao, ordem Dominicana e hagiografia: uma analise comparativa da Legenda Beati Petri Gundisalvi e da Legenda Sancti Dominici/Educacion, orden Dominicana y hagiografia: un analisis comparativo de la Legenda Beati Petri Gundisalvi y de la Legenda Sancti Dominici
It's called amplexus. He jumps on her for a cuddle and they externally fertilise.
Cat Harvey
Quick climb onto my back and cry wreck it wreck it like a frog in the grip of ecstatic amplexus ...
The Great Wave

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