Field notes, v580
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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