venter

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At fertilization, the sperm swims down the neck to the venter and unites with the egg inside the archegonium.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The dorsal ground color of Smilisca cyanosticta is pale green to tan and the venter is creamy white.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.

The venter is cream-color with a row of brown spots forming a midventral stripe.

From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by Duellman, William E.

The venter is dark grayish brown with cream-colored flecks anteriorly and creamy gray posteriorly where the dark color is restricted to the midventral region and the lateral edges of ventrals and first dorsal scale-row.

From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by Duellman, William E.

This method depends upon the movement of alternate sections of the venter forward and drawing the body over the ventral scales resting on the substratum by means of muscular action.

From Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) by Burkett, Ray D.