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Seib, R.
1985
Napolo to Isla San Marcos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
16 May Wrote, ate and preserved last night's snakes.
Checked out at 1400 and drove north. Stopped
in Loreto for lunch at the Restaurante Agullo.
Ate Filete de pescado al mojo de ajo and
draft coffee and three pepsi's. Drove on
to San Bruno where we caught a paqya
out to San Marcos. We had to wait 15 min
while the paqya attended with about 9
people from the town on the island. I noted
that The total fair was 500 pesos. Our
trips are going for 4000 (two round trips).
This is 4 times their rate for 1/4 the number
of people. I guess they have a sliding scale
here. Anyway, we had a boist ride to the
island under a fairly continuous cloud
coud cover, arriving 1900. I was concemed
that it might not be good for snakes
because of this, and because it seemed
cool. I was wrong. At 1945 it was
dark and by 2000 we had caught
four snakes. The first was a juvenile
Crotalus ruber. I found just leaving a
small patch of rocky hillside. The second
was an adult Cichaura Davis found
on the opposite, the right side, of the
canyon on the red rock out crop. I
raced over to see it and when I