Dresner, H. 1984 10 July (continued) to scale for, and we watched it move away and up out of sight for a few minutes. As w/ the Epilotes on the bank of the Rio Puerto Viejo, I was really impressed by the ease of movement of the snake on slender vines and over leaves - as easy as swimming or flying, or so it seemed. Gerardo Vega, a very skilled worker and local naturalist, told me he watched a Leptophis ahaetulla this morning chase a Smilica (pura?) and catch it. The snake was initially ~1m up on a bush, and the frog hopped twice before it was caught. He estimated the snake as >= 1.2 m and the frog as a few centimeters. 11 July When I handled the Celia this AM for photos, it repeatedly tried to crawl away. When I restrained the head or anterior body, it immediately elevated the tail exposing the white belly and prolapsed cloaca, then "seized" my wrist in tight coils w/ the tail! This 6 ft + snake never tries to bite. I seem to be getting a flu or cold that's been going around here for weeks and stayed indoors all day. Manuel and Anna Feralta found a Scaphiodontophis venustissimus active in litter, which dashed beneath a