Breese, H. 1991 [See also July 24, 1991] July 9 (continued) Breeding in Dendrobates saltator. Although there was scattered activity elsewhere, most was concentrated just south of the boardwalk in midswamp. A liana 3-4 cm in diameter hangs straight down from a Pentaclethra tree as a single strand to 3-5 m above water, then anastomoses in a tangle suspended down to about the tops of the Spathiphyllum, at which point it is adjacent to a bush w/ a big Bromeliad in the middle. When I arrived at 0630h there were 100-150 frogs, perhaps 1/3 in clasped pairs, crawling up and down the vine tangle. The overall impression was of a rete mirabile (sp) of green bodies, orange feet, and red eyes superimposed on the plants. Movement was rapid: frogs climbed lens-like up and down the vines; fought over females; leaped several meters at time, absorbing the shock on bouncing broad leaved plants; and all the while a chorus of soft single note chuckle calls. By 0900-1000h the whole mass was moving up >2 m to the lowest major tree bough adjacent to the vine, and I could see w/ binoculars several frogs perched in the tree, perpendicular to their branches. Wendy has more detailed notes. From 1930-2015h I could find no snakes in the Carlapara, but David Hardy saw a Leptodeira septentrionalis on the vine tangle of this morning: spectacle at 2230h.