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species, A. cisternasii, occurs in Spain and Portugal. A lytes is nocturnal and slow in its movements. It is thoroughly terrestrial, selecting for its See also:

RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat in the daytime holes made by small mammals, or interstices between stones. Towards evening it reveals its presence by a clear whistling See also:

note, which has often been compared to the See also:

sound of a little See also:

bell, or to a See also:

CHIME

chime when produced by numerous individuals. The breeding See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season lasts throughout See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring and summer, and the See also:

FEMALE

female is able to spawn two, three or even four times in the See also:

YEAR

year. Pairing and oviposition take See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on See also:

LAND

land; the male seizes the female See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

WAIST

waist.

The eggs are large and yellow, and produced in two See also:

ROSARY (Lat. rosarium)

rosary-like strings, as if strung together by elastic filaments continuous with the gelatinous capsules. After impregnation, the male twists them round his legs and returns to his usual retreat, going about at See also:

NIGHT

night in See also:

order to feed himself and to keep up the moisture'of the eggs, even resorting to a short See also:

IMMERSION (Lat. immersio, dipping),

immersion in the See also:

WATER

water during exceptionally dry nights. The development of the embryo within the See also:

egg takes about three See also:

WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks. When the See also:

time foredosion has come, the male enters the water with his See also:

BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden; the larvae, in the full See also:

TADPOLE

tadpole See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition, measuring 14 to 17 millimetres, bite their way through their tough envelope, which is not abandoned by the See also:

FATHER

father until all the See also:

young are liberated, and See also:

COMPLETE

complete in the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary way their See also:

METAMORPHOSIS

metamorphosis. The tadpoles grow to a large See also:

SIZE

size considering that of the adult, the See also:

BODY

body equalling in size a See also:

SPARROW (0. Eng. spearwa; Icel. sporr; O.H.G. Sparo)

sparrow's or even a small See also:

PIGEON

pigeon's egg, and they often remain more than a year in that condition. See A. de 1'Isle, " Memoire sur See also:

les mceurs et l'accouchement de 1'Alytes obstetricans," See also:

Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) iii. 1876; G. A. Boulenger.

Tailless Batrachians of See also:

EUROPE

Europe (See also:

Ray Society, 1897). (G. A.

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