Social Behavior of A cris gryllus 9 



Table 1. Linear movement of Acris gryllus males between consecutive nightly 

 observations. 





Male 



Number of nights 



Mean 



Range 





No. 

 1 



observed 



(cm) 

 81.00 



(cm) 





7 



0-160 





2 



8 



8.00 



0-29 





3 



9 



54.80 



0-168 





4 



5 



38.20 



0-50 





5 



6 



72.33 



30-164 





6 



2 



10.00 



10-10 





7 



4 



119.50 



70-205 





8 



- 



- 



- 





9 



6 



47.00 



16-105 





10 



2 



14.50 



14-15 





11 



3 



29.33 



12-46 



Table 2. Territory size, duration of calling, and mating success in a small 

 breeding congress of Acris gryllus. No. nights observed = number of 

 nights on which a male's calling position was marked. Days in resi- 

 dence = the span over which the male was known to be at the pond. 



Male 



Territory size 



No. nights 



Days in 



No. matings 



No. 





(m 2 ) 



observed 

 9 



residence 

 10+ 



observed 



1 





0.502 







2 





0.127 



12 



13+ 



1 



3 





1.373 



16 



37+ 







4 





0.180 



7 



8+ 



2 



5 





1.362 



11 



18+ 







6 





- 



3 



3 







7 





0.673 



6 



8 



1 



8 





0.288 



12 



33+ 



1 



9 





- 



2 



4 







10 





0.028 



6 



8 







11 





0.545 



7 



23+ 

 T= 14.06 



1 





~x ■ 



= 0.562 



x= 8.27 





