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there, H.
1982
19 March Walked from 0800-1145: East River Road, Holdridge,
East Hartshorn, Gertel , Far Loop just onto East River Rd, and back via entire Loop Trail. At 0942h
I found a deer cat track in mud in the
swamp at a crossing of a small stream - from the
size it must have been either Felis once or
F. concolor, and since the latter has only been
seen here once the former is more likely. Two minutes
later my pulse was 102, but no cat ahead. At 1014h
at approx 606m on the Far Loop Trail an adult Erythrolamprus
minimus crossed the trail and crawled approx 3m rapidly
before I caught it. Partly cloudy, sunny. While crawling
the snake appeared unicolor purple or gray, and I
couldn't tell it wasn't a Micrurus until after I'd
pinned it and had a good look at the head. It
thrashed and tail coiled as I caught it. At
1040h I caught a large Jeptophis depressivus
in the trail swallowing a treefrog headfirst.
Was down the waist and disgorged it when I seized
the snake. Snake thrashed and messed. This
was at approx 150m on the Far Loop Trail. The frog was
making gular movements, and we rinsed it w/
water - When checked at 1300, it seemed fine.
(No-it is S. puma file guy Sarwe)
Frog keys to Sirlisca sordida in Savage, SV 33.5mm,
Head Width 11.5mm, wt. 5.5g. Weights and measurements
for some other recent catches follow: