Field notes, v1351
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Kendrickson 1950 Leptodactylus "lirasta" 2 Apr. 6 5 a.m. N Villavici, 400 ft., Huila, Colombia, S.A. cavity. All the "lirasta" were found sitting on the soil surface (not in holes or pockets); at least two "minuta" were also found there. The vegetation in the part of the field where the frogs were found consisted of small (4"- 4") banana plants, 3'-6' sugar cane (in rows about 3' apart), seed rice, and tangled, Bermuda-like grass. This part of the field was covered with stagnant puddles containing much blankets of bacterial (?) slime in most parts. The mosquitoes were abundant, and numbers of '1/2"- 1" tadpoles were present, indicating at least semi-permanence of the puddles. Late in the evening, by about 10:30 P.M., the calling began to diminish until we finally gave up trying to locate more animals by their calls. See Dr. Stebbins notes for color descriptions of "minuta" and "lirasta". See also species account "Leptodactylus froth nest" for this date. Paulino says both species call at all seasons of the year the same as we have heard them here.