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Herman, H.
1984
11 June
(continued)
When she arrived approx 0700 hrs this morning. She
had noticed the snake coiled and not feeding
approx 0900 hrs. Both sites are in Heliconia right along
the trail, in a fairly open situation only a
few 10's of meters S. of the Rio Puerto Viejo, on the
N. side of the trail?
Site #2
11 June 84
62"
79"
54" (along plant)
28"
Site #1
10 June 84
at 0930 hrs the anole had disappeared entirely
disappeared down the snake's throat, so the entire
feeding event took approx 20-40 minutes. The snake
turned S. and by 0945 hrs had crawled approx 6" and
assumed a loose coil facing in toward a thick
Heliconia stem. In contrast to yesterday, it
now seems "sheltered" and not positioned to
ambush anything. Took photos of swallowing
and post-feeding behavior, then gently collected
the snake, returned to lab, and processed it.
Caught a small Para warschewitzii in
litter on way back, approx 1000 hrs. Bothrops schlegeli:
6.25 g, SV 232 mm, tail 41 mm, head
width 8.0 mm. The Noreps limifrons had
been swallowed best double at the neck,