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GENERAL HEAD SET [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-12-19
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Reptiles and Amphibians
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- sideward movement
1, record 1, English, sideward%20movement
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Sideward movement. This rarer form of locomotion is found only in a few North American and African desert snakes. In a general way it is something like walking since the parts of the body behind the head and in front of the tail are used like legs to support the body and are alternately lifted and lowered. While the tracks made by all other snakes are an uninterrupted sliding track, sideward movement produces a discontinuous twin set of tracks like one might find in a two-legged animal. The individual footprints are produced by the parts of the body rubbing against the ground. 1, record 1, English, - sideward%20movement
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Reptiles et amphibiens
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- reptation latérale
1, record 1, French, reptation%20lat%C3%A9rale
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- déplacement latéral 2, record 1, French, d%C3%A9placement%20lat%C3%A9ral
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Comme tous les serpents vivant dans le désert, Cerastes cerastes se déplace par reptation latérale. Ses tortillements latéraux qui lui permettent d'avancer assez rapidement sur des surfaces aussi meubles que le sable laissent des traces caractéristiques qu'un herpétologiste expérimenté distingue très facilement de celles provenant d'autres espèces. 1, record 1, French, - reptation%20lat%C3%A9rale
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Son déplacement latéral particulier, laisse dans le sable une empreinte en "S" très caractéristique. 2, record 1, French, - reptation%20lat%C3%A9rale
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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