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The Spawning, Voice, and Sexual Behaviour of Bombina variegata variegata
Author(s) -
Savage R. Maxwell
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb01570.x
Subject(s) - mating , psychology , sight , crawling , sexual behavior , impulse (physics) , climbing , zoology , biology , communication , social psychology , anatomy , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , astronomy
S ummary .1 Females not ready for mating usually avoid the proximity of males. If seized release takes place by the weakening of the male impulse to grip, which follows a contraction of her body and a crawling movement. The duration of the amplexus is “voluntarily” controlled by the female, an adaptation to the method of oviposition. 2 Sex recognition is effected not by sight or by chemical sense, but by two voices and a postural reaction possessed by the males and the atoutness of the figure of the female. 3 Two voices are recorded in the female, one, corresponding to the male call‐note, and probably a sexual stimulant, and another corresponding to one of the male warning voices, which induces temporary release reactions on his part, thus assisting attainment of correct amplexus position. 4 The actions of the unmated male in seeking the female consist of an alternation of calling and searching. The female's reactions are described.