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Soib, R.
1982
Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
16 Aug to generate new enthusiasm by this move.
At 13:00 we returned to the car and the
finca. We were tired and a bit deflated,
but when I saw some more people at
the finca, I tried to get them to work
with me. About 12 people walked with us
to near where we collected last week. We
looked for about an hour and a half and found
mostly Ninia sebba, but also a Rhadineea
poseasi and a Pliocercus. All snakes
under leaves again. It began to rain
while we were under thickly planted
coffee and we had to wait it out for
over 20 min. While we waited the people
continued finding snakes. I paid 20 pesos
each for all of them. We finally drove up
to Monte Perla where they only had a
single Geophis neraslis. They promised to
look more tomorrow if I would give them
more plastic bags. I did. I always give
them bags and they always bring me
snakes in bags that aren't mine. We
drove the pichling roch and started
cataloging, but it immediately began
to rain. We were forced back into the
car where we cataloged, tagged, weighed
and measured. We did everything on our