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J.D. Strenney
1977
57.
7 July cont'd and for food. Then (*8) drove the rd to
ferice w/out finding anything (~5 mi up & bk).
Back to motel to process by 10 PM.
8 July
Banderilla, Ver. to Coatepec, Ver.
Up 7:30 and then gas, breakfast & disconnected
the bromeliad cutter. Went (9:00) to check Viaduct
for bats - none there this Au. Viaduct is 3.5 mi
N Rte 140 in Banderilla, along rd to Misatla.
then look back to Las Vegas to check in w/ the boy
Rere who said he would catch us snakes. No show.
So ~ 10:45 on to Jalapa for check casting &
postcard to done. Much hassle in city - finally
done ~ 12:30, then out to Teocelo gorge,
1.9 mi NW Teocelo, Ver. (by rd). Spent afternoon
looking here for herps but found only one
shrub - not the 4 sp. of salamanders Sembad.
The area is planted in coffee (sparsely) & banana
with steep slopes & rocks (4?) in abundance.
Up to Teocelo for Cokes for lunch then (3:30) more
collecting. Broke ~ 4:30 & drove out past
Teocelo but the area is all planted to
coffee, bananas or villages. Back to Coatepec
where we got a cheapo motel. Then returned
to gorge for netting. Nets up ~ 7:15, dark ~ 7 PM.
Immediate big rush of Carollia & Stura
at upmost net lasting ~ 1/2 hr. Then drilled.
Got 1st Desmodus & Anoura ~ 9:30-9:45. Nets