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Hendrickson
1950
Leptodactylus "lineata"
Nov. 6 5km N Villavicca, 1400 ft., Huila, Colombia, S.A.
Dr. Stebbins and I collected several in
the more soggy portions of the banana
patch of camp. Present in the same
place were larger (?) numbers of
"Leptodactylus minuta", and both species
were analyzed as to voice (see
Dr. Stebbins note for this date)
The calls of the "lineata" were
higher than those of the smaller-
sized "minuta" by about 3 notes,
and seemed to lack the low undertone
of the "minuta" calls (being a clear
whistle). Imitation by us did not
elicit a clear-cut response in most
cases; so far as I could tell, however,
both species showed some response
to either call. Both species had the
same general type of call - a clean-
cut, ascending whistle:
"I... I... I... I... I... I... I..."
Syllabified, I would write the
call as: "wheet" or "whoot"
("whoet"?). The "minuta" were
located several times calling from
the entrances to holes (or from small
pockets which just contained them),
with head in the entrance to the