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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