at night during discrete periods of heavy rainfall. This punctuated breeding pattern is a consequence of choosing a specific egg deposition site. Fletcher's frog lays its eggs exclusively in ephemeral water bodies that dry out in weeks or days; thus, the breeding duration is restricted to the onset of each rain event. Because heavy rainfall can occur multiple times throughout the mating season, explosive breeding during a short period of time is often separated by long stretches of general inactivity.

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