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Paul DeBenedictis
1961
Jan 15
(Dec 23) memories and recollections - Mex. trip)
Elvey and Harry Burr have been collecting scorpions, and
Gary suggested a new way - smash them with a stone,
and then impale them with a long stick. They didn't
like the method. Scorpions were everywhere here. The
site was in very dry, open thorny- brush covered
mountains. However under a rock under the shade
of a clump of leguminous trees Nate Cohen got an
odd frog (Syrrhopus or Tonocadtylus). A little later
I got a Caemidophorus under a more exposed stone.
Past Tecotolan Teddy picked up a D.O.P. Hastico-
phis b. lineatus. We stopped where the highway
crossed a small stream and went frog hunting but
only got a Rana pipiens. We saw two satyrs
in the trees along the creek and got one with Gary's
hat (this is about the first time I haven't had a
net with me). I got the net and then got
a Chlosyne , but saw no more satyrs. It was
getting quite dark by this time.