Sentences with phrase «arboreal species»

In this body of work, Oppenheim makes photograms from paper - thin slices of wood, using the same arboreal species to frame the images.

Tanks with a standard - five footprint but greatly extended height can be wonderful for small arboreal species.

Meng et al. describe an arboreal species with modifications for climbing and that possessed teeth clearly adapted for a herbivorous diet, including the consumption of sap.

Some tarantulas succeed in occasionally capturing small birds, small mammals such as mice, and even small fish, but their ordinary prey consists of insects such as crickets (for ground dwellers) and moths (for arboreal species).

Not exact matches

«Night calls reveal two new rainforest arboreal frog species from western New Guinea.»

Although the fossil record is incomplete, we have more than enough to see that, in broad terms, our big - brained, long - limbed, built - for - distance - walking species evolved from arboreal ancestors with smaller brains, larger teeth and broader chests.

This is the first report of its kind to offer a record of an arboreal crab — a crab species that lives in trees.

Many of the arboreal frogs are green in colour, whereas the terrestrial and aquatic species are duller.

Some parrot species, such as African greys, are primarily ground foragers and appreciate a clean surface on the cage bottom or on a ledge to forage on, while other parrot species, such as lories, are primarily arboreal foragers and prefer enrichment opportunities in the upper area of the cage, he said.

To discuss every species of suitable arboreal lizards would occupy dozens of pages, so it is vital that retailers selling these animals do proper research on the specific animals being offered for sale and be prepared to answer any potential questions.

Most readily available arboreal lizard species will thrive in a standard glass reptile terrarium that has a suitable locking screen lid.

This was clearly a bad outbreak of the gypsy moth, an invasive species whose occasional arboreal ravages were familiar to me from childhood days in Rhode Island long ago.

The most impoverished region, in arboreal terms, is the north of North America, with 1,400 species.