Field notes, v1305
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Diane, H. 1982 16 March (continued) on the West River Rd. It apparently was startled by me, as it was crawling fast when I spotted it. Didn't bite. It is gravid w/ two eggs. Turned 6-8 piles of lunks and trash in the cacao grove, but no herps. saw 1 Sphenomorphus active ~1500m on leaf litter at trail edge. From [2030] - 2130h walked slowly down West River Road to 150m - saw no snakes or lizards, 3 Eleutherodactylus sp. 17 March Walked East River Road and Loop Trail til noon. Saw & photographed ♂ Anolis capito (SV 68mm) swallowing an orthop head first (grasshopper had greenish legs w/ black spots - maybe Eumastor). The anole was limp up on the trunk of a small tree, head up at 0815h. saw a few anurans and anoles and one Basiliscus sp. at 1445 h put an ♂gāš” Bufo hematitius in w/ the Xenodon. Snake seems to be too upset - strike at my movements and defensively (?) at Bufo as it hops by. Put snake back in for core and will leave food over night. 18 March Bufo had been eaten by Xenodon when checked at 0700. From 0730-1030 walked around Arboretum, then out Sma Trail to West [South] Boundary Trail, then to New Research Trail and to station. At 0855 I found a small Mastigodryas melanolomus crawling on palm litter beneath a palm at the back of Arboretum. Very snappy. Disgorged 2 Norus humilis^ that had been swallowed head first. (intact and had SV 35mm)