Journal and species accounts, v1347
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ankee, James 1975 Journal Pension Volcan, El Hato del Volcan, Chiriqui Province, Panama 23 August found sofar. The lone individual (PSI) is a mature ♂ (well-developed cirri, mental gland) of ~3cm SVL. ~~Ground coloration is black~~ with fine light speckling dorsally. The ventr is dark. Feet have a high degree of webbing. (1x1x6) Under a log along the road near the log the first log we found a frog (PS2) in a small depression in the ground ~3"x3" x 1" deep. There were several eggs in the depression which the frog was "brooding." Upon being uncovered the adult frog didn't move from the depression nor did it move when nudged by the observer. Even after I picked it up and placed it back in the depression it remained stationary. Both the adult + eggs were collected. The eggs were of many different sizes, apparently representing different stages of development at which they stopped growth. The largest eggs had "tadpoles" with gold-eyes attached and could be seen swimming about within the egg. I returned to Volcan at ~4:30 PM and spent ~1/2 hr looking for Las Lagunas, two lakes SW of Volcano. They are located within a a broad flat area ~~mostly~~ cleared for cattle grazing and have a woodland of ~~almost~~ lowland rainforest surrounding them