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Greene, H.
1983
25 June
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and on for over an hour. At one point I
timed the head as moving ~1m in
20 seconds of slow reticular crawl.
This was always the predominant mode of
locomotion, even when it stretched out
completely on a fallen log, except when
it ascended over low limbs and once a
fallen 55 gal drum. Occasionally if we
moved nearby it stopped and turned
it's head toward the movement. Twice
I poked it's tail firmly w/ a twig, ad
it produced a loud noise by vibrating
the tail. Saw frequent volleys of tongue
flicks, but never long, [illegible] slow ones. ~0730h,
just as the Lachesis disappeared in vegetation
N. Of the boardwalks at forest edge behind the
kitchen, Isidro Chacón called me to see a
Tawandura foraging in litter and low
limbs at the forest edge. Uniform reddish
brown w/ a black saddle. Obvious to
me unless I moved or used camera flash.
At one point it went ~5m up a small
tree quickly, had descended to a 3cm
diameter vine and deftly moved horizontally
several meters. Tail used frequently. Once
it fell from several meters up, but caught
a vine w/ one hind foot and the tail ~ 1/2 down