Feb 6, 199 Draco stays mostly near the crown I tall trees but obviously does come down once it lays its eggs in the ground. It basks on bright days and scurries around to the other side of a tree trunk when approached. It totally bob and lowers its yellow dew lap. In thick rainforest the chances I seeing one are slim. Boys bunch them down with blowgun pellets. At dusk, bats began to fly - a species about the size of a small Nycticeus and a larger one with a 1 ft. span; cicadas sang (buzz saw sound), and Bufo asper began its barking "croak", a single note that might be considered bird-like. Actually the jungle was mostly quiet, very different from the Hollywood version. Blue-green flashes of fireflies were seen. Midway and I waded up the river to look for frogs. I soon got the eye shine I several times and collected one large adult Bufo asper. In the faster water were Torrent frogs (Strombus darutensis) sitting on glistening wet boulders within 3-4 inches of foot water. They were only an inch long but gave a tiny silver eye shine. I saw 3 or 4 and all faced water. I formed to catch them I had to keep them in the light and to approach from down stream. Midway said to look for Rana macrodon, on gentle benches near the stream and I finally got the shine of one and caught it in a clump of vegetation 4 ft from the river. Although with arms & legs exposed, an invitation to biting macots we were not attacked. Perhaps it was because of the dry spell. There are malaria-carrying