Ugen phil 1974 Journal Wreck Bay, Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador 24 Jan 6 hour cruise, arrived 3 PM. worked around old, - 26 Jan abandoned canning factory. Ceiling walls are starting to fall in & are full of holes. Weather continues warm, breezy. Rain clouds over highlands, but generally very dry. tomorrow We set out the 76 rat traps around the old factory & in the rocks just above high tide. caught 20 rats. They are slightly fat. The 8's are in breeding condition. The 9's have open vaginas but were not pregnant or lactating. one of the traps caught a rat. Tropidurum are common near the [illegible] shore line. Easily caught, a limit. Frizzles inland they thinned out, & we saw none in the highlands. Geckos also were fairly common near the ocean. For 2 species - Phyllodactylus darwini (large, tuberculate) & P. leei occur here. The latter seemed slightly more [illegible] terrestrial than I saw a few individuals of each spp in trees. We worked hard the first night (24 Jan) & collected 15 or so P. darwini but only 4 P. leei (3 crews). We stayed mostly on the rocks & or by the building. Most of the P. darwini are small individuals. The second night I walked up a new road made of [illegible] chunks rock & samples that thinned out!