Field notes, v504
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mold, steven J. 1965 JOURNAL 24 June Nicaragua-Honduran Border (between San Marcos de Colón, Honduras + Somoto, Nicaragua) Got up @ 6:30 AM. Sage netted a Xylcopa (?) visiting white flies, along roadside & found a ♂ Colatina inside a dried herbaceous stem. Crossed border ~ 7:00 AM 24 June 3mi. N.W. La Trinidad via Hwy.1, Nicaragua, ele. 2500ft. Stopped for lunch. Sage caught a ♂ Sceloporus variabilis (719 RDS, 155mm(60mm)) on a volcanic boulder 24 June 30±10mi. N.E. Managua, Nicaragua Found what appears to be an Elaphe sp. DOR. Head had been mashed repeatedly (found ~ 10:00 AM). one remaining pupil elliptical; double row caudal scales; no loreal pit; remains of colubrid head scalation. 245 SJ Arnold, 1400mm. (1160mm.) 24 June 30-50mi. SE. Liberia via Hwy.1, Guanacaste Prov., Costa Rica LOR Immatoedes_______________________720 RDS (skin+skel.) 763mm(508mm.) ♀ w/ 2eggs