Field notes, v580
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Paul DeBenedictis 1960 Dec 25 Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico then finally I got some of the small blue species, then a big one, and finally a brown one. I saw another type of hair skink and a Ctenosaura but I missed both. Spent part of the morning putting up heptiles. About 3 Gene and I went out and I finally got some thermal data on some Cnemidophorus. About sunset we all went out to look for herptiles we stopped at a lagoon about 5 miles North of our campsite. I got 3 leptodiera marluta and some frogs, and a Cnemis temp. Ted got another leptodiera and 2 Anolis, and a ? Mabaye. Gene got lots of Electrodecytus like we got last night, and Gary got a Hyla baudini. We saw another leptodiera, 2 more skinks, and a Rana pipiens. We stopped in a coconut grove about 1 1/2 miles from camp, where lots of trees were over and looked for stuff. We saw mostly scorpions but I saw 2 skinks and Gary and Gene each saw one. Nate Cohen was stung by a scorpion where we got the leptodieras, but wasn't hurt badly. We planned to leave early, or even during the evening but one of the tires on the truck went flat and we had to wait until morning. We finally had good dinner, of beef stew. I couldn't find my sleeping Dec 26 bag and slept in Teddy's. At sunrise I got up and woke everyone else up. I spent most of the morning pickling the animals we have already collected. About 1 we started off for Colima