Field notes, v1382
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E.L. Kaldstuen 1954 Dyla regilla (2) April 8 church behind Old Village. A large granite boulder provided a study site for these forms. Egg clusters were present here, too. 8:00 P.M. Air temp. 70°C.; water 10° C. soil 6 inches down 10° C. The adult males sat half immersed in water usually on a matted grass surface. Spacing irregular but most males were generally at least a foot from each other. He reaction to the light from my headlamp was consistently that they would look downward into the water and swim forward and downward to the grass or algae at the bottom. I collected many by simply grabbing a handful of bottom vegetation below where I had spotted the frog. The chorus from this pond was deafening - so loud that it was painful to my ears when I was near the pool. At this site all the adults taken seemed to show a similar color phase. Dark brownish ground-color with dorsal blotches nearly black. At Stoneman meadow I detected one of a gray-green ground color with the darker bluish blotches dorsally. Pond C at Stoneman meadow, about 25 feet long, contained about 125 frogs. I roughly counted this many on basis of eye shine. The ponds near Daniel Bridge were checked. The most froggy area had no Dyla. Does water requirements of Bufo and Dyla basically the same?