Field notes, v1600
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Seib, R. 1985 Nopalo to Isla Catalana, Baja California Sur, Mexico 14 May into some bays I didn't like, but further south we found a good spot with squidy washes. By the time we hit the beach head I was feeling fairly rotten. We made a lean-to with my tarp and spent the next 5 hr lying beneath. At dawn we lantern-walked 4 hr. We saw 4 snakes and caught two of these. The first was an adult Crotalus lying within a bush right after dawn. Doris found it and attempted to retrieve it with potatoe ratte, but the snake was fast and slipped deep into the bush, out of sight. The 2nd was a baby Crotalus crawling along a rocky hillside, 2 m above the squidy wash. I quickly placed it into my 5 gal bucket with my snake stick. The 3rd snake was a leptotyphlops which Doris saw disappear into a bush. The fourth was an adult night snake (genus?). I can't yet decide whether it's an Eridophos or a Hypsiglenq. I found it in the only area on the dunes that had snake tracks. I nearly missed it because it was moving so incredibly fast. I grabbed just as it began to disappear into a bush. It was cold to the touch. It has a large eye