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Transcription
Greene, H.
1984
9 July (continued)
same, 28/30; air, 26 C. It has been in the shade almost all the time, but there is still sun nearly.
at 1035 hr, snake 28/30; air, 26 C; ground, 26 C.
at 1051 hr, head has now turned SE and is out in space off a large leaf. I saw clusters of tongue flicks despite the fact I was well hidden behind a palm-exploratory? at
1100 hr snake same, 29/30; air, 26.1 C; ground,
25.2 C. I went to the water fall before lunch, and to town for mail afterwards.
10 July
at ~0730h an OTS student found an adult Clelia clelia crossing the AC lab sidewalk in forest. It thrashed when handled. At ~0800h I was taken to ~100m on CES, where Edwin was watching an adult Pseustes poecilonotus that was frozen on the ground with its tail & posterior up on a buttress. Back and tail had many small, consecutive teeth, and my impression # was that the animal was just then descending from the tree. It thrashed, inflated, and bit repeatedly when grasped. Not feeling well and slept much of the morning. Just after lunch, David Clark showed me a very large leptophis ahaetulla crawling ~2.5-3 m above ground on vines and saplings, just off the AC lab sidewalk and in The Reserve. Snake was too high