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Davis
942
Pava
Eslope Fox Esesimiles, 7300', Dept Chalatenango, El Salvador
March 20, 1942.
bottom over some dead leaves. The dark greenish-brown
Dorsum afforded excellent protection concealment against
this background. Sturton chased the frog through the
silt and finally caught it. However, we had seen a
smaller, paler individual in the same pool, so kept
after it. Sturton finally chased it out of the silt and
it headed toward me. At the same time a third indi-
vidual, large & dark like the first, came to the surface.
Sturton caught it. The small frog hopped out onto the bank
in an effort to get past me, I caught it, while sit-
ting on the rocky bank waiting for Sturton to button
his shoes, a large dark frog of the same species jum-
ped out of the grass and landed next some, I caught it.
This is the weirdest, fastest moving free species of frog
I have ever tried to catch. All 4 individuals are F's. We
heard no frogs in voice all afternoon, although I had
heard 5 calling in the a.m. without locating a single
one. Inasmuch as Sturton had seen two frogs dive into
this same pool yesterday afternoon, it would seem that
individuals stay close to the same pool.
Coloration:
3 individuals (1405-7) are large & dark. At the time of
collection the chin & throat was dark rusty brown, but
an hour later, though still alive, chin & throat were a
dirty white. Dorsum marbled dark olive-brown & pea-
green, former color predominating. Silvery-white line