﻿PAIRING 
  AND 
  OVIPOSITION. 
  

  

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  Impregnation 
  accompanies 
  or 
  immediately 
  follows, 
  in 
  

  

  one 
  or 
  more 
  emissions, 
  tlie 
  discharge 
  of 
  the 
  eggs. 
  

  

  The 
  mode 
  of 
  embrace 
  varies 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  ; 
  

  

  it 
  is 
  axillary 
  in 
  all 
  onr 
  genera 
  with 
  horizontal 
  pnpil, 
  

  

  and 
  lumbar 
  in 
  the 
  others, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  

  

  synopsis 
  : 
  

  

  Fig. 
  26. 
  

  

  Pairs 
  in 
  embrace. 
  A. 
  Bufo 
  vulgaris, 
  b. 
  Bana 
  arvalis. 
  

  

  I. 
  Male 
  holding 
  the 
  female 
  round 
  the 
  waist. 
  

  

  A. 
  The 
  hands 
  joining 
  on 
  the 
  pubic 
  region 
  (Fig. 
  

   25, 
  a). 
  

   Discoglossus, 
  Bombinator, 
  Alytes, 
  Felohates. 
  

  

  