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1983
10 February (continued)
of the Arboretum, then back to station. Left ~
1300 hr w/ Brian, a British M.D. &
mature photographers. At 1320hr, ~290m on the East
Rice Road, saw a greenish snake going off the trail
into forest and managed to grab a =1m Pseustes
poecilonotus, w/ considerable squeezing and
poking it formed an S-coil, gaped, and
inflated anterior part of body, and then
struck. Would not sustain the threat
display more than 1-2 seconds after each
passing, but instead tried to crawl away
whenever possible. Went to ~380m on Hartshorn
Trail via CCL-released Bothrops
schlegeli (SV 495mm, tail 93mm, 36 g) on
a vine and photographed it. Walked across
the Sendero El Suampo, over to the Sabalo Espina
Trail and out it to the Veneipelo stump
at 1750m-no Bothrops asper. Cloudy
and saw no Rhinodermys on the logs over
the creek. At ~1532hr, SOR 640 m, saw a
Dendrophidion winitzi go off the trail
fast and into a ditch and grabbed
it. Beautiful snake! Copper head,
yellow belly. Deflated, S-coil, then bite
and hold on, chewing and interlocking
posterior teeth.
11 February Doug Jerey brought me a Rhadinodera decorata,