Field notes, v1351
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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