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Page 563
... body at the anus , which is used by the male during court- ship to stimulate the female . There is no snake in which the limb remnants still retain a function in locomotion . The body is usually slender , although there are some very ...
... body at the anus , which is used by the male during court- ship to stimulate the female . There is no snake in which the limb remnants still retain a function in locomotion . The body is usually slender , although there are some very ...
Page 820
... body that are also formed by these fibres . Particular concentrations of collagen fibres , oriented in different directions , occur superficially in the soft - bodied Peripatus ( a caterpillar - like terrestrial invertebrate ) . In ...
... body that are also formed by these fibres . Particular concentrations of collagen fibres , oriented in different directions , occur superficially in the soft - bodied Peripatus ( a caterpillar - like terrestrial invertebrate ) . In ...
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... body and lead to death . The cuticular endoskeleton is formed by an infolding of surface cuticle . Sometimes transverse plates are formed , as in the cephalothorax of lobsters , which covers both head and the thorax . Connective ...
... body and lead to death . The cuticular endoskeleton is formed by an infolding of surface cuticle . Sometimes transverse plates are formed , as in the cephalothorax of lobsters , which covers both head and the thorax . Connective ...
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