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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