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Mustraui; Meika A. 1992
journal 15
Ilha de São Sebastião - SP Brazil
little creeks that cross the trail or go
parallel to it. We set 106 traps, among
Shermans and Tomahawns, in the following
way: every station has, 1 Sherman and 1
Tomahawn on the ground, and 1 Sherman
up in the trees. Some stations have an
extra Tomahawn up in the trees. Tree traps
are set at ± 1.8m high, with bungee cords.
The forest is not very tall (canopy) and
most trees are very thin in diameter. The
understory is reasonably dense. We started
setting up traps late, after talking to many
people in the morning. We put these 106
traps in ± 2 hours. Bait was, a slice of
banana or manioc smeared with peanut
tutter and sometime, (1/3 or 1/2 of all
Sherman traps) a piece of chicken (left
overs). The 106 were set along a trail,
on an approximately 1 km-stretch. Márcia
found a frog (4.5cm long) on the litter
and we collected it (MAN 52). It was
preserved in alcohol 70%.
After talking to Chico in the morning we
went to talk to Sen Ademar (following Chico's
recommendation). He knows a lot about
the animals on the island, it seems. He
had much work to do today, otherwise he