Field notes, v1305
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Greene, J. 1984 28 June (continued) the station to Rafael's house and found the B aspes (ch 2) in the same site on the river bank. at 0839 hr we found ch 5 in its usual place. Michael Fogden caught an adult Micrurus microcarinatus in the Leje Baje grove that was discovered by workmen cutting grass this morning. At about 2015 hr Michael Fogden came running in and led me to an adult Lacheisis mutus that he found crawling up to the trail at 650 ccc. He left a flashlight on the ground pointing into the snake's face and it didn't move for the 14 minutes it took for his 2 km round trip! Caught it w/ little difficulty: everytime I gently put a hook on the snake to move it out onto the trail it drew back it's body into an S coil, then turned and began to crawl slowly into the forest. At 2115 hr the B. aspes ch 5 was OK; 26/30. In talking w/ Manuel tonight I learned he has not kept written note on his checks of the snakes. One or the other of us has checked ch 5 everyday in the early AM, sometime in the afternoon (usually late) and in the evening (19-2200 hrs). The other snake (ch 2) has been checked at least once each day since it was relocated. 29 June Started raining 0730 hr and continued into the afternoon. Alejandro Sdeyans arrived from the Instituto Clodomiro Picado. Manuel checked