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EL Kalstein
1956
Bufo boreas
April 21 12.1°C. Pair removed to bottle. Now I discover
& dead and bloated which account for her great
girth. Later I removed the ovaries provided another
living microcephalus & but the larvae was not
inclined to close her. Both left overnight in
a gallon jug.
The ecological separation of larvae and micro-
cephalus must be on a temporal basis; certainly
the species are utilizing the same breeding
water. However, I found 3 pairs of micro-
cephalus in impoundment but not a single adult
& boreas of the nine I collected. Both Bufo
utilize similar breeding water – shallow, slower
moving river margin or puddles and ponds on an
scraped-over middle river area (X on sketch).
cotton
woods
[illegible]
main flow
75 yards
Earten
leaves 6" high
Bullfrogs tend to favor sedge at stream margin but
some found alongside Bufo in shallow water. Hyla
chrys is nervous but males not seen since
they call from flowing or standing water within
sedge cover. No eggs or larvae seen tonight.