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 | The function of these scales is still unknown; they may enhance climbing ability (Arnold, 1989), although Lang's field notes indicate that they are sexually dimorphic, and so possibly involved in courtship. |
| There are several descriptions of defence behaviour, including the 'jackknife' saltatory posture of the limbless lizard Feylinia currori, parotid venom squirting (to a distance of several feet) in Bufo superciliaris, and a description of a typical stabbing bite by Atractaspis (Lang was lucky not to lose a finger tip). |
| Many field notes include interesting capture details, such as Varanus exanthematicus extracted from a hole in an old termite mound after biting the end of a spear, and Mabuya quinquetaeniata tangled in traps of tiny grass stalks set by children. |
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