. Cold-blooded vertebrates: part I. Fishes. Fishes; Amphibians; Reptiles. / f • L ^ tt ^tf w P^ Fig. 6o. Amazonian nest builder, Hyla resinifictrix, and nest for holding water, made by depositing beeswax in a hollow limb like manner the rain-water which fills these resinous breeding-bowls presents excellent conditions for hatching and development of the eggs and tadpoles, such as shade and freshness of water without contamina- tion of decayed wood. . One very interesting feature is the fact that the Amazonian tree-frog goes in search of the material with which to build the basin. As was shown
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. Cold-blooded vertebrates: part I. Fishes. Fishes; Amphibians; Reptiles. / f • L ~^ tt ^tf w P^ Fig. 6o. Amazonian nest builder, Hyla resinifictrix, and nest for holding water, made by depositing beeswax in a hollow limb like manner the rain-water which fills these resinous breeding-bowls presents excellent conditions for hatching and development of the eggs and tadpoles, such as shade and freshness of water without contamina- tion of decayed wood. . One very interesting feature is the fact that the Amazonian tree-frog goes in search of the material with which to build the basin. As was shown subsequently, the material is not pitch, but beeswax which the frog takes from the combs of sting- less bees nesting in the hollow trunks. The female of still another tree toad, Hyla goeldi^ likewise from Brazil, carries her eggs in a saucerlike depression on her back, where they develop through the tadpole stage. The whole surface of her back is covered by a layer of about two dozen large aoy. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Hildebrand, Samuel F. (Samuel Frederick), 1883-1949; Gilmore, Charles Whitney, 1874-; Cochran, Doris M. (Doris Mable), 1898-1968. [New York, Smithsonian institution series, inc. ]