Field notes, v585
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laure. 41. 5 Monte Cristo Mine, 700', Def't. Morazan, El Salvador. Dec. 17, 1941. Hunted around camp in a.m. Got 4 small lizards (919-922) in a drain tunnel. Also 5 Anolis and 1 Cactile (see species account). In the afternoon Sturton and I went over to Barrios Mine (3 mi. W Monte Cristo Mine, 650'). Got 2 more cactiles, assorted lizards, and a red-legged box tortoise that Sturton found near the San Miguel River. Sturton and I also hunted bats in a banana grove. Found several Euderma hanging to the undersurface of the banana leaves. Sturton took seven. In the evening Haley, Leitz, and I went night-hunting. Leitz shot an armadillo, and I caught 3 frogs in a scrub-grown pasture well away from water. Also caught a gecko, probably Coleonyx mitratus. It was also in the scrub-grown pasture on the ground. It was sluggish, but when caught struggled & attempted to bite. In my absence, Leitz shot a gecko on his porch of a different species than this one. There has been only 1 species recorded from El Salvador heretofore (C. mitratus). 1 mi. SE Quisadero, 850', Def't. Morazan, El Salvador. Dec. 18, 1941. Tucker & I went to this locality and collected from 8-12 a.m. There was not much in the way of reptiles and amphibians. Caught 1 small lizards (935-6) in a boggy area near a small stream. Also a