Chapter 14 Web Links
Scramble competition:
- Spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9eQNFiRPnM - Moor frogs (Rana arvalis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NuteBxLLR8 - Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)
https://vimeo.com/117141163 - Red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSO4ooNN_MY
Courtship of the crested newt (Triturus cristatus)
http://www.arkive.org/great-crested-newt/triturus-cristatus/video-09.html
This video shows a courtship display by a male, spermatophore transfer, egg deposition, and hatching.
Male–male combat:
- European adder (Vipera berus)
http://www.arkive.org/adder/vipera-berus/video-11.html - Green frogs (Rana clamitans) wrestling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LctS9U6oWBg The bonks are advertisement calls from other males in the pond, the growl is an aggressive call. - Bullfrogs wrestling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7Cpjgx9ux4 - Strawberry dart poison frogs wrestling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQV882H11WY - A territorial male Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) chases intruding males from his harem
http://www.arkive.org/galapagos-marine-iguana/amblyrhynchus-cristatus/video-12.html