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1983
21 January a good walk but not too tired, watched Atelopus ,etc
(continued) well, now this incredible dusk! At about 2000hr I went out alone in a light rain after listening to two hybrids squawking at each other. Got one of them immediately, a Smilisca phaeota on a bush ~1m above ground in high grass. Then an Anolis ? leimifrons and a big Anolis biporcatus , the latter ~1.5m up, the former ~0.8m above ground, both on bushes in grass.
[the A. biporcatus struggled a lot, possibly the cause of the 2023 skin tears I noticed later].
22 January Awoke ~0530hr after somewhat bumpy night-lots of biting insects and too hot in my sleeping bag. By 0600 could see the far ridge; now the trees are various colors (instead of a wall of very dark green), and I can see Volcan Poas clearly behind the far ridge. At 0730 a Semiplumosus Harsh landed in a nearby tree in clear view while we had coffee. I went for a walk in the forest ~200m south of camp, and at 0852hr saw a juvenile aneiva on the trail (bright yellow middorsal stripe). At 0920hr I found fresh cat tracks (smaller than definite type) in mud on trail ~300m S. of camp. About 1000hr as we packed up, Isidor brought in an incredible red millipede ~6"long, and Cathy an Elautherodactylus wrapped thighs; it was