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Freese, H.
1997
June 14 (continued) After a few seconds in our lights, before we can get photos of original posture, snake slowly turns up soaping.
Dave locates Yelenity Signal zone place in leaves. At ~2145hr, while I'm photographing Microhyla in flooded grassy lot across road, Dave Hardy spots a largish Sinomatrix triangulera grappling w/ a huge♀ Polypedates leucomystax (next morning after laying 2 eggs in each overnight, SV 98mm, 56g, KZ 269). [illegible] Actually Dave saw the snake swim ~10m from out in the pond and seize the frog (which must have been in water initially). At 2155 hr when I arrive both are struggling, writhing, then floating, seemingly exhausted. No obvious constriction, and generally the snake's body is extended, sometimes contorted, either on surface or less frequently dangling down in water from floating (greatly inflated) frog. By now, snake has frog only by toes, and at times frog is swimming on surface but unable to pull free! At 2200 hr snake has swallowed entire left by, its throat obviously expanded and jaw