Field notes, v1306
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Greene, H. 1987 13 December J. Bunner brought me a neonate Notropis nigrosis that he found this morning exposed on the ground in leaves, near the sidewalk to the River Station, just into the woods from the new laboratory (105+50 mm, 0.8g, umbilical scar present). The ground color is a brighter light yellowish orange than I have seen in other specimens. When he seized the snake it went semi-rigid, such that he thought it dead. When I restrained it, the snake vibrated the whole tail slowly, alternated squirming wriggling, and emitted a strong odor after several seconds of handling. At 2105 hr his student, Renee, (see 17 December 1987) called me to an Oxyrhopus petola crawling under the stairs of Cabina #2 (12g, 375+82 mm). When handled later for photography, this snake thrashed in place and waved the thrashing (not looped) tail, stopped abruptly at times, and emitted a foul odor - overall effect moderately like a coral snake. 14 December At approx 1400h David Clarke brought me a neonate Corallus annulatus, found by a cleaning man on a rooftop of Cabina #2 (465+92 mm, 18.5g, umbilical scar present). When handled it only crawled normally, occasionally pulling the head back into a striking coil, and twice half-heartedly gaped and/or struck at my fingers. During the day someone left an Diantodes cervina in a bag on my desk (10.5g, 603+261) - only reaction to handling was frantic crawling and emission of a very foul odor. From approx 1930-2100 hr walked the Sendero