Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Greene, H.
1984
2 July (continued)
radio behind when he checked late last night.
at 0901 hr I found a neonate Dendrophidion vinitor
at ~500 m on the Sendero El Suampo; it inflated most
of the body, formed an exaggerated S-coil, stuck and
bit when handled. Palped (nothing) and released it.
at 0917 hr found a fresh cat scat at SSU ~740,
probably either Felis onca or Felis pardalis,
late in the morning found a striped ? Norops
capito ~1 m up on a small tree in the swamp.
3 July
at 0820 hr the Ch1 Haechsis smuta on the
Near Loop is in the same place, same posture
V/head facing SE; 23/30. at 0911 hr the gravid
? Bothrops asper is coiled on a fallen log
~4 m off the CCL at ~760m, in a gap. We
released the snake here yesterday, and this
resting site is ~20 m from the release site. The
snake is in shade but bright sun is <1 m
away. 27/30. at 0924 hr ground temp in shade here
is 24.5 C; snake 28/30. at 0926 hr the snake opened
its mouth slightly. at 0957 hr the Ch 2 B.
asper is in the same hole on the SW bank of
the Rio Puerto Viejo and seems to be in pre-
shedding condition; 24/30. at 1036 hr the
gravid ? B. asper, Ch 4 still has head facing
N; 30/30; ground 26.0 C. at 1050 hr I
gabbled a ~1 m long Leptophis chaetilla
as it crawled over a mossy tree butters at