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Chero, H.
1984
18 June (continued)
at 1600h we saw her emerge into the open from
alongside a fallen log, with ≈ ant. ⅓ of body
showing new skin. She continued crawling, at
times listing sharply a part or most of her
body to (?) rub a particular portion. By ≈
1640h she reached the buttresses of a huge Ceiba
free, crawled partly into one space, then against
the buttress, out, and into the restree. At each of
two buttress walls she applied the anterior part of
her body flat against the wood, then crawled the
rest through that stretch, still rubbing. After the
second buttress, she turned out into the forest,
crawling along under a patch of small palms.
I was repeatedly impressed by two aspects of skin
control: "sipping" at the side of new-old skin
separation, and rolling of parts of her body to
rub the dorsum on the ground. At times
½ or more of the yellow webster was showing.
at ≈ 1716h I stepped from behind a Ceiba root;
she apparently sensed me, and crawled
rapidly ≈ 2 body lengths away. We left.
Returned with Dave, Manuel, and Richard ≈
2050h. Got signal in same general area, but
it took us ≥ 45 minutes until Manuel saw her
coiled w/ head up at an angle under a
fallen, partly crumpled brown Welvia frond.
W/in 1 min of us putting the light on her she