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Greene, H.
1984
June
8 May
Finca La Selva, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Prov. Heredia, Costa Rica
Left Berkeley at 6.4Hm on the 6th, flew to Los
Argos where I met David Hardy (MD from Tucson),
then to San Jose, Costa Rica via Mexico City and
Guatemala. Spent yesterday in San Jose getting
feet, etc., and visiting the Instituto Clodovico
Picado. Had an uneventful ride out and arrived
here at approx 12 noon. Learned that the Liebman's had
found a Bothrops asutus: SV 317 mm, tail 15+?,
22.5 g, ♀. It had swallowed head-first a wood
snake, Glyphosynchus: crown-rump 63 mm,
head width 15.5 mm, max. dia. of body approx 27.0 mm,
16.5 g. For approx 1 hour Manuel Santana, Dave Hardy, and
I walked out around the loop trail and looked.
Caught a juvenile Pseustes at 1602 m in leaves
beside trail at xxxx/025m (just before bridge over
Saltito). It stuck w/ widely opened mouth
and resembled a Bothrops schlegeli so much
in appearance (green w/ maroon bands) that
I thought a viper for a while and pinned it.
The Liebman's saw a subadult Felis concolor
last night.
June
9 May
Today Rodolfo Peralta found at noon a Bothrops
asutus: 296+32mm, 22.0g. It contained a
Heteromys, freshly swallowed head-first;
SV 102 mm, tail 95 mm, max dia (head) 15 mm,
28.5 g. Dave Hardy and walked out the CE's