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Seib, R.
1985
Nopala to Isla San Marcos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
16 May put my lantern down I saw a baby Eridiphus
creeping away at my feet. I quickly
grabbed it, noting the enormous, bulging
eyes, so three-dimensional, which bulged
out from every angle [illegible] from which the
head could be viewed. Davis' Lichanura
was unusually chocolate brown, the lateral
stripes comprising seven scale rows, as
opposed to 5 rows as in the box
from our first trip here. Also, the
beige patches seemed to be quite a
creamy yellow, very unusual. I had
not walked 10 meters away when I
noticed a baby Phyllorhynchus at my
feet. Thus, 4 snakes in 15 min. We made
a mistake then, by walking up into the
canyon where Gkonyx scitulus are common
but snakes are not. We thus lost 1/2 hr.
of prime snake activity in the mouth
of the canyon. We got 7 male scitulus,
and I caught another juvenile C. ruber
above the canyon. Returned to the beach.
At 2400 I caught an adult Lichanura
near camp, the same yellow and chocolate
as the one Doris caught. I walked
up the mouth of the canyon again and
found a huge adult Eridiphus crossing