1983 13 January (continued) along the same stream last night. As dusk comes it is still raining - has almost continuously all day. Walked up hill from camp after dark, 1900-2015, saw st caught only a single small hyliid (jur: Smilisca or H. elbracota?). Very few frogs calling, despite the rain - still pouring at 2200. 14 January Still raining and we all slept late and drank coffee til mid morning, except Gary Stiles, who walked up the trail to the "ranch" and shot a white marsh, Leucopternis. [While in San Jose I talked to Jeanne Stout, aquatic biologist from Michigan State U., about snakes at Ja Seba. She once saw a cinnamon chick running down a trail, chased by a Spilotes. She also once heard a rattling in dry leaves and saw a small Jadosis making the noise by wilzating its tail. Since we arrived here Gary Hawthorn told me he measured a Ladesis at Ja Seba that was over 3m long; he has photos and exact measurements.] Yesterday I talked to Jorge, a 19 year old who lives here and cuts pasture for the owner (who doesn't live here). He carries a 16 gauge shotgun because he fears jaguars, and ties his little dog (a beagle) up all the time for the same reason. Says last year a jaguar near here killed ~20 dogs, and many men hunted for it til it was killed. Rain continued all day. After lunch I walked 1300-1600 hr on a newly cut trail.