Field notes, v1731
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Aug 13, 1950 The fellow who brought in the adult Micrurus today brought in a living Micrurus. The snake is capable of quite rapid movement, and bites in the characteristic manner, snapping its head from side to side. When the snake is annoyed, it coils the tail and raises it above the ground. When the tail is raised, the head is lowered and hidden, the tail then looks and acts like a head. With the snake he also brought in our first Phrynosoma solare from this locality. At about 12 o'clock tonight, Rodney and Ernesto (Clay's sons) came in from hunting. They had gotten no deer, but had brought in a large Stryxopelis dolichorhinos in very good condition. And the first fun today was a small Steganoida. Perhaps our first good rain, which fell last night, had something to do with the turtle being out.