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DeBenedicti
1960
Dec 28
Topic to San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico
From here we went straight to San Blas,
almost, stopping once on the San Blas Road.
At a small stream for Microbatylus. Imme-
diately Gene found a snake, and after a little
trouble we (Gene) pulled it out of some bushes.
It was a truly Dryadophis (I had been calling
the Platicophis like I bought Dryadophis),
which finely bit me. Gene and I went along
the stream to a small lava flow where we got
6 Anolis on logs. Then we went in to a small
banana patch and got 2 more Anolis and
Gene got a funny Scelopous. Gray got 2 Kino-
sternon and a small frog - our quarry? Two
Mexican boys said they would collect snakes for
us, at a peso each. In San Blas we stayed
at the Playa Hermosa again - I was surprised
they let us in after the last time - and I got
my laundry done - for 12 1/2 pesos. Teddy got
some truly Electrochylus (Leptodactyls?)
in one of the larger rivers. No one had any ani-
mals for us here, or any animals for anyone, but
someone caught a leptophis. I am down to 12
pesos to the border. After dinner Everyone
but Gene, Elvey, and I went to town to get
drunk. We stayed at the Hotel, picked
stuff, and went "cachorce" = gecko hunting
and I got a few Geocal temperatures, but missed