Field notes, v580
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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