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Hanken,
James
1976
Atelope 3P
22 April MVZ, Berkeley, CA
There being little pause between successive leg
lifts. The ♀ did not attempt to walk
8:30 AM - The above behavior continued until
I moved the plastic tray with the frogs in order to
put some water standing water in one end by
propping one end of the tray up and gently
pouring in water. The ♀ stopped moving upon
my handling of the tray and the ♂ separated
coldwater was formed in the tray. They
remained separate and behaved as usual e.g.
'climbing the walls of the tray.
10:30 AM - The frogs were placed in a different
tray w/a flat moist paper towel along the
full bottom and a crumpled towel at one
end (no standing water) and put back in
the corner of the room.
12:15 PM - The frogs have not amplexed again
and are behaving normally except for the
♂ which maintains a low profile
w/its front end and head pressed against
the substrate making a low profile in the corner
of the tray for several minutes at a time.
Whenever the ♀ leans up against the wall eggs
may be seen swollen in her abdomen.
Occasionally, the two animals may be found
physically touching, but for the most part their