FAUNA AND FLORA O F MANGROVE SWAMPS
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FIG. 63. Periophthalmodon schlosseri at the edge of its nest pool a t Benut, South Johore,
Malaya. (From a d o u r transparency by I. Polunin.)
the other ; the white-eyed males of this species are conspicuous by their
habit of rising momentarily on the tail, adopting a vcrtical position
and then toppling over.
From my own observations at Inhaca and from those of Dr Ivan
Polunin and Khoo (1966) a t and near Singapore it is clear that individual
FIG. 64. Periophthalmodon schlosseri waiting a t the edge of the tide for an opportunity
to enter tho mangrove forest. (From a photograph by I. Polunin.)
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FIG. 63. Periophthalmodon schlosseri at the edge of its nest pool a t Benut, South Johore,
Malaya. (From a d o u r transparency by I. Polunin.)
the other ; the white-eyed males of this species are conspicuous by their
habit of rising momentarily on the tail, adopting a vcrtical position
and then toppling over.
From my own observations at Inhaca and from those of Dr Ivan
Polunin and Khoo (1966) a t and near Singapore it is clear that individual
FIG. 64. Periophthalmodon schlosseri waiting a t the edge of the tide for an opportunity
to enter tho mangrove forest. (From a photograph by I. Polunin.)