1983 29 January (continued) AT 15:20 a woman bird watcher called me to see a big shiny black snake, but I couldn't find it - bottom of stairs below showers. 30 January Worked in lab and library all day, except for a two hour trip into Puerto Viejo w/ Mo Donnelly for ice cream. 31 January Rob Colwell brought me an amastidium he found approx 8:45 at SOC 500, sitting on the trails. When they pinned it the snake thrashed its tail, then coiled the tail around the net pole and could be lifted off the ground. When I examined it the snake crawled rapidly and voided a smelly clear liquid. 1 February Examined stomachs of the snakes Craig Guyer and Manson Donnelly have preserved for J.M. Savages CRE collection: CRE 6698 - Micrurus microcirculus (this is the one that bit Craig) SV approx 550, tail 109 slightly shriveled (killed in briskly H2O) SC 1 Lepidophyma flavimaculata HF HW 14 SV approx 90 mm Went out at 2:00 h w/ Craig Guyer, Mo Donnelly, and Kay Etheridge to a swamp on the Camino Experimental. Many transposing Hyla alacochrea; a large, solid crown Rana palimpse sitting in a small pool; and a very large, aggressive red spider.