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Heane, H.
1984
7 July (continued)
N of the bromeliad, as yesterday. Sunny, partly cloudy; air, 25 C; ground, 24.5 C. at 0937hr snake was only partly in sun. at 1000 hr snake same, 28/30; ground and air, 25 C. at 1036 hr snake same, 28/30; air 25.2 C. at 1048 hr I caught a juvenile B. asper at ≈ 700 m ccl; it was seen crawling away in litter at trailside when Danilo reached down to pick up a Dipteryx flower. at 1100hr snake same, 28/30; ground 25.8 C; air, 26 C. At 1122hr I found the ch 2 B. asper in the same hole in the river bank, skin still looking cloudy; 24/30; air, 27 C; ground, 25 C. at 1355 hr I found the ch 1 Lachesis muta on CCC in the same site w/ its head down in its coil; 25/30; air, 26 C; ground, 25C. This is just off the edge of an old gap, and sometimes a little sun hits the snake; light, intermittent rain now. at 1415 hr the ch 4 B. asper is in the same place, head facing ENE; 30/30; air, 26.8C; ground, 26 C. Now sunny but the treefall is mostly in the shade. at 1430hr it is still 30/30. At 1500 hr the snake is 30/30; air, 26 C; ground, 26 C.
8 July
at 1015hr the ch 4 B. asper is on the tree trunk behind the bromeliad, fully exposed, w/ head up on an outer loop and facing