Pumilio breeding/aggression

[patm]

So I realize this has been asked a number of times, as I've just finished reading through about a dozen similar posts. However, I thought I'd try to get some feedback on this particular circumstance.

I have a possible pair of El Dorados, one definite male. I've had them for a good 4 months now. At first, I'd very rarely hear the male chirp, maybe once every couple of days. More recently, he's been chirping like crazy, but it's not the same type of calling that my basti male does to call the female. For lack of a better word, it is choppy, single calls, not the long chirping like my bastis. Also, it is not all day every day like the bastis, it is only at a couple points in the day.

As far as behavior, the 'female' was always the bolder, more active frog, bouncing around a great deal of the tank. The calling male stayed more hidden, in one corner of the 20 vert, within a brom and some philo. Every now and then the female would pop over when the male called, but it was tough to see the interaction since they were under cover. The latest behavior I have seen has me a bit worried. Although I haven't seen the 'hugging' they have had a whole lot more interaction. The male is doing alot more of his choppy bits of chirping, and the 'female' tends to be right there for most of it. What I've been seeing quite a bit recently is the male shoots up to the uppermost back corner of the tank (not planted here, just a cocofiber background) and he is followed right up by the 'female.' They just tend to sit up there for a bit, often with the male chirping. I can't tell if they're trying to get on top of eachother, or if they're just hanging on side-by-side. Many times they end up falling, there's a bit more chirping, then they do it again. Sometimes the 'female' just bounces off somewhere else while the male goes up there solo.

So I'd figure I'd ask if any of this sounds like either aggression or breeding behavior. I'm contemplating separating the two to see if the 'female' calls, but I'd consider her the bolder, more aggressive frog, and figured she'd be the one chirping if this was in fact confrontational behavior and 'she' was a 'he.'

I'd love to hear some opinions on it, and let me know if there's any more info I can provide that may help.

Thanks,

Pat

[patm]

Update: So I've been watching these two non-stop for over an hour now, and they finally got in a position out in the open where I could see the 'female' doing quite a bit of stroking the back of the male, although it is still hard to tell if this was intentional or if she was just trying to keep her footing. 'She's' pretty much been following him all over the walls of the tank.

[bbrock]

Classic courtship behavior.