Field notes, v1306
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Greene, H. 1987 7 December a Bradypus in a small Geocapia near the south (continued) end of the bridge, over the river (occurs to me that this might be an especially safe place for it to sleep). Saw three Iguana iguana in vegetation & trees near north end of bridge -- a large orange- spined male alone, and the male w/ partly regenerated tail along with a (the?) green smaller (? ?) animal about 2 m away. The large submandibular scales of the males are always easily visible, &d they often have the snout elevated. From =?430-1600 I walked the Senderos Oriental and Occidental, but saw nothing. 8 December Sunny all day, no rain. At 1007h Jorge Vega (brother of Gerardo) showed me a spider eating an anole, ~2 m up the trunk of a spiny palm in front of the main (1.4g) lab. The spider was an adult Cupiennius getazi F (file J. Rovner, Ohio University). The lizard was an adult ? Norops limifrons (41+88mm, 1.15g, non-gravid). Lizard was still struggling weakly when I found it, but the spider seemed to be easily holding on. Jerry told me he recently saw a Nephila claripes eating a lizard here too, and a Cupiennius eating a frog. At 1930h Deborah Clark found an adult ? Micrus migoirectus (the one I saw earlier? I don't think so...) on the sidewalk in front of Cabina # 3. When touched it crashed rapidly into the grass, and when pinned it thrashed the body, thrashed the tail more rapidly -