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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Transcription
Hyloxalus granuliventris (RCS)
Dendrobates 'punctatus'
Prostherapis palmatae
Nordickson
1950
Nov. 21 Buena Vista, 4000 ft., Meta, Colombia, S. A.
of breath while trying to whistle a rapid
series of short notes. I can achieve the
best imitation (for me!) by whistling a
clear prolonged [illegible] note, 3 notes
above violin A, while lightly slapping
my relaxed cheek with my fingers (as
rapidly as I can flutter my wrist).
This produces as well the slapping
noise, which must be ignored, but
the frequency and general character
each note are closer to the frog's
call. Four calls timed were:
13 seconds duration
11
11
12
The animal showed some response
to my attempts at imitation
of the call.