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Greene, H.
1980
27 November
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7 Km S. Motupe, Ceno de la Vieja, Lambayeque Prov. Peru
This is a classic locality for Tropidurus and Phyllodactylus, and John Wright saw several Callopistes here. Talked to five men playing cards and drinking at the house on the W. side of the road and just S. of the Ceno. They gave me a beer and permiso to search the ceno, and were quite friendly. Said there were (are) cascoveles, though not many, that they are <1m long and have killed people. Said there are iguanas, that they go in their shelters at noon because of the sun. From ~1430-1630 we climbed the S. slopes to the top and back, but saw only a few birds, numerous Tropidurus, and one old gecko egg under a rock (Phyllodactylus). First two lizards were T. occipitalis J2, both under a dead, dried cow! When I heaved over the cow, they ran up the same mesquite tree and Mark netted them both. Up in the boulders on the ceno (cow was at bottom, S. side) we saw >=12 T. copeceorum, or so they seemed - it's