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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