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Hauken,
James
1975
Journal
Mexico Trip
Del Rio to Benten-Rio Grande Valley State Park
27 April was overcast but warm. From here we
2300 hrs continued on to the State Park and Goat Denes.
(cont'd) After dark the four of us visited an apparently
man-made temporary cattle sink adjacent
to the canal. The water egg pond is almost
several hundred yards wide and at least
75 yards in width. We had noticed
frogs in at the water's edge during daylight
and returned to capture some. Two frog
species were present: Rana berlandieri - 26
captured in all, most metamorphosing juveniles,
all but one found above the grassy water's
edge (vs. the Rana fortaclytic tadpoles;
Bufo calices - 2 adults caught at water's
edge and one Bufo marinus.
In addition Sam caught two
Natrix rhombifera at in the water, and
the Green's caught two Forstria occipitomaculata
one on dry land 6' from the water's edge, the
other in the grass suspended above water at
the edge. Upon returning to our campsite,
we found an additional two Bufo caliceps
(#80 + 81; 2 Rana are # 82 + 83).