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Paul De Benedichis
1960
Dec 28 Rio Cihuatlán, 18.2 mi N (by road) Miramar,
Colima, Mexico. - These frogs were kept
alive, along with the one Gay got. When
3 had died, I checked the jar. ho[e] and
behold, about 1:30 AM on the 29 I found
a pair in amplexus and a long stringy
egg mass, most of which I pickled.
The frogs are in an axillary amplexus,
the male vidding high on the female. The
eggs are black and quite stringy, but were not
in water. I preserved many. This is in
San Blas about 4 days after the frogs were
Initially collected.
position in
amplexus