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- sterile but an interbreeding
cline between.
Reports also an altitudinal
difference in chromosome
numbers in Sorex araneus [underlined]
I was interested to learn
that the papers of Krodat
+ of Notini [?] are based on
largely spurious data +
are to be ignored.
Re [regarding] Assembly Nairobi
9-11 National Parks, Uganda
12-13 Sept [September] 1963 Kampala, Commission
meeting
15-24 meeting Nairobi
25 - Field trips.
May 16 Morges
The executive meetings
continued all day. In the
evening we were entertained
by Mr. Nicola at his
beautiful estate outside
Morges. The most interesting
item of the evening was
the finding of a slow
worm or legless lizard
crawling on the lawn.
May 17/62 [1962]
Reference of interest [all underlined]
Wager, V.A. 1960
The Blaasop or Rain frog.
African Wildlife 14 [underlined] (3):235-240.
Breviceps adspersus [underlined], Active
during the rainy period Oct [October] - Dec [December]
feeding on termites that are
dispersing at that period. Lay
eggs in underground chambers
15-18 below ground under some spot
that is shaded, or beneath a rock.
Cavity 2-3 in [inches] in diam. [diameter] 20-46 eggs
each 3/16 in [inches] in diam. [diameter] + surrounded by
a stiff jelly capsule 5/16 in [inches] diam. [diameter]
stuck into a hard mass. Tadpoles
develop + metamorphose within
the egg in 6-8 weeks. Mate
finding takes place on the surface
+ the male becomes cemented to the
female by skin exudate - no gripping
occurs. The cementing is so secure
that the couple cannot be separated without
injury. The secretion cannot be removed
from the fingers by scrubbing. After
cementing the pair digs into the
ground as in Scaphiopus, + prepares
the nest. A manoeuvre that would
be impossible in ordinary amplexus.
It never voluntarily enters water +
does not swim. Looks like a small
bag with a leg at each corner.
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