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"Leptodactylid" froth nest
Nov. 6. 5 km. N. Villavieja, 1400 ft., Huila, Colombia, S.A.
similar clocks near water. These
were all vacant. They averaged
the dimensions estimated for this
nest. I believe these empty
chambers were old, used, "nest"
chambers. They were almost
glassy-surfaced inside, as if
coated with mucous. The froth
of the nest was glistening white
and fairly tough in consistency
(some persisting for at least 36 hrs.
in formalin, and persisting even
better in Bouin's fluid for this
time). The froth is composed of
bubbles of '1/10-4 mm. estimated diameter.
Manipulated with a knife blade in
collecting the contained tadpoles,
it acted about like shaving lather
(old-fashioned brush-and-mug type!)
The tadpoles, very active, seemed
to have been dispersed more or
less throughout the mass (possibly
greater concentration toward center).
The tadpoles show an opaque
yolk mass (?) in the abdominal
region; they died, unfortunately,
before color notes could be taken