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Nandriksen
1950
Leptodactylus "obscura"
Nov. 19 Villavicencio, 1600 ft., Meta, Colombia, S. A.
One taken on steep, grass-covered
creek bank just 5 of town. It
hopped very rapidly and showed
great agility in its attempts
to avoid capture. We heard,
and Dr. Stebbins collected (RCS # 5063), another
at the edge of a pool (same pool as employed
"Hyla microcephala" and "green-backed dendrobates"). ||
Its call (at least the one we heard at
that time, being given by that animal)
is a single note, repeated at intervals.
I would describe as a sort of musical
chuck.
Nov. 22 At 9:30 p.m.
an individual's calling was
studied; two or three others were
also calling. No calls were noted
earlier in the evening, and none
were noted from about 10:00 to 11:00 p.m.
|| Calling individual studied was sitting
in a hole (entrance to rodent hole?)
in an 18" cut bank of the creek.
It was about 4"-5" above stream
level. The entire bank was festooned
with horsey
masses of fine roots; the frog
was visible only when these were
removed. || With reference to notes of
Nov. 19, above (last sentence), I would