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Paul De Benedictis
1960
Dec 21 San Blas and vicinity, Nayarit, Mex.
in clearings and along the trails, but only
where the undergrowth had been cleared away.
Everywhere in the forest we saw anoles, but they
were hard to catch. In the bushes at the edge of a stream Gene and Gary caught a
6 1/2 foot Drymarchon (and I got none at the
same time Protogonus
Hypserantes). I got little on the
way back, but really lost Elvey's standing
net. About 3 we got back and I went out on
the Beach with Ted, Nate Cohen, Rich, John,
etc., to get some thermal data on Cnemis
We got nothing but marine life for Elvey who
has really cleaned up. In the evening I tried to
get some dinner cooked, but everyone ran off
leaving me without any white gas. There fore
Everyone who was around when out on the
beach to watch others set of fireworks. Then
we all went Gecko & Hyla smithi hunting in
the coconut grove and poached a few coconuts.
After this we all decided to go Iguana
hunting and got 11 Iguana & Ctenosaura
in the trees at the edge of town. When we got
back I finally put some dinner on the stove,
a te, got my stuff together, and went to
bed. I am really tired now.
Dec 22. I was woken up about 3 this morning to
clean up the mess from dinner. Spent the