Field notes, v1351
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Nendickson 1950 Journal Bogota, 8700ft., Cundinamarca, Colombia, S.A. Oct. 15 stones and other surface litter collected Eleutherodactylus bogotensis "Dark Bogota Hybrid (?)" Frog a number of Oceligus and Frogs (#1384-1403) and one small snake (#1420). Continued collecting near the lower edge of eucalyptus groves higher up yielded more specimens of Oceligus and "Frogs" (#1384-1403) Oct. 16 Spent the day arranging for camp equipment, shopping, and confering with Jose Perico (the Servicio man who is to accompany us). We will leave tomorrow; Perico will follow on the 18th, with most of the camp gear. Bogota, Cundinamarca, to Villavicencio, Huila, Colombia, S.A. Oct. 17 Left the Bogota station at about 7:00 A.M. The train traveled W. across the Bogota savannah (all cultivated or otherwise altered by man so far as I could see), then ascended the low hills on the W side of the savannah and crossed the "lip" of the old lake bed. The track followed river courses down the steep slopes to the Magdalena Valley. Just over the lip we passed through cloud forest region, and where visibility permitted, fragments of cloud forest could be seen on steep hillsides and along stream courses. Further down the slope we encountered fragments of tropical