Field notes, v585
Page 209
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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.