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N slope but Lacagnatque, 4600', Dept T Morazan, El Salvador
Dec. 26, 1941.
Off a small patch of skin from the middle of the body
where I had stepped on it. The terminal portion
of the tail was also missing, but this had eviden-
tly been lost some time before as the wound appeared
quite old. Once in hand, the snake made no
further attempts to escape or bite. It is a
small specimen, measuring only 288 + 119 mm.
In the afternoon I returned to the north summit
and investigated the only area there that I had
not already covered. This included some second
growth, mostly oak, with an extremely heavy
undergrowth of shrubs and vines. Saw nothing.
So far as I am concerned, the north summit must
have been recently visited by St. Patrick, the emi-
nent Irish herpetologist. Returned to camp through
a large coffee grow, planted on both sides of a
draw, on the bottom of which is a small,
grass-bordered stream, the creek which passes
across the road a few hundred yards below
camp. Collected 1 Hylo from the grass (972 + 973)
by the stream side. They are both larger than any
I have collected so far, but I believe that they are
of the same species. Numerous individuals were
in voice at this time, and their call sounded the same
as that described in my notes of Dec. 25. Spent the
evening in camp.