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Eleuthodiscus ovalis
Nov. 6 5am. N. Villavicencio, 1400 ft., Huila, Colombia, S.A.
Dr. Stebbins and I found one in semi-
matted grass in puddle in banana
patch S. of camp. We heard its
almost icada-like call about
75-90 yds. distant, triangulated
it and studied the call from
about 10-15 ft. (see Dr. Stebbins
notes, his # 5021, for analysis
of call). We then located the
frog on the third attempt (retreating
and waiting for it to resume its
calling after failing to collect it_
on the first two attempts. It
was collected at about 7:35 P.M.
It moved, apparently about 2 ft.
as a result of our unsuccessful
first attempts to collect it.
It was beneath about 6" of semi-
matted grass, sitting on grass stone
in 1/4"- 1/2" water (of a puddle 1"-3" deep).
I would syllabify its call as:
"beeeeee ....... beeeeee ......."
(the "b" being a soft, "Spanish" "b").
(see Dr. Stebbins notes for tempo,
etc.) The immediate area where
the frog was found is in the low
corner of the banana patch. The