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-14 July
and then went to a small oxbow pool beside the
river to collect the frogs that were calling. Got
the following:
Hyla arenicolor; one from the mud bank. Only
one heard or seen. No, John got a second. Both prepared in
frozen tissue
09-235
Castorophryne: gets from in the
water. The call is an introductory "wheep" followed
by a longer high-pitched "braa" or trill. Compare with the
microhylids heard calling on 9 July 14. 6 miles E.
Mazocatrii. Many more were not collected. This
includes the animals collected by Carl, Phylp [illegible] on the
9th and the 14th.
The locality will be described more fully
tomorrow after it is seen in daylight.
4 July
Awoke about 8:20am - the latest of the trip
so far. Sky clear. Coffee & peanut butter &
jelly sandwich for breakfast; then off to
collect liquid.
Description of the locality: The area is
basically two subareas. The road from Naco
de Chico goes east up and over a steep oak-cored
ridge and then down into a wide amphitheater-like
canyon which faces east. At the bottom of this
can [illegible]
Bonita
canyon is the Rio Bonita which drains into the
Rio Naco which in turn drains into the Rio Yaqui.
The Rio Bonita comes up in an amphitheater-like
canyon from the north through a rather steep