Abstract
Many amphibians and reptiles are seasonally migratory, traveling to and from suitable breeding, feeding, or hibernation grounds. These creatures also carry out small-scale directed movements in local areas. As juveniles, they must locate appropriate areas for growth and maturation, often in environments vastly different from those into which they hatched. Thus, soon after hatching, sea turtles scrabble up through the sand and find their way down the beach to the ocean, while tadpoles, after spending several weeks in an aquatic environment, metamorphose into frogs and climb out of their ponds onto dry land. As adults, the amphibians and reptiles slither, stalk, or swim about in search of food and shelter and to escape predators.
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Perry, A., Bauer, G.B., Dizon, A.E. (1985). Magnetoreception and Biomineralization of Magnetite in Amphibians and Reptiles. In: Kirschvink, J.L., Jones, D.S., MacFadden, B.J. (eds) Magnetite Biomineralization and Magnetoreception in Organisms. Topics in Geobiology, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0313-8_21
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