Field notes, v1307
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Greene, H. 1990 October 26 (continued) was probably Felis lybica (based on size and the fact that according to Jan Africans here almost never have house cats). At ~2030h I found a ♀ Chameleo johnstoni asleep on a hanging vine or twig that emerged alone for ~1m and ended ~3m above the slope I stood on - like the others we've seen asleep, she faced up-twig from the end, w/ tail curled. October 27 Partly cloudy at 0700h, and much sun by 0800h. I caught a Scincella-like skink active just inside the door of our house at 0950h. Spent the morning preparing for trip to Mulwindi Swamps. Our porters spent ~1 hour arguing among themselves about division of loads, just like in travel books! We left at 1240 h w/ Vincent the Game Ranger and another Ugandan, the porters and camp cook having gone on already. Mulwindi Swamp, Bwindi Forest Reserve, Kabale Dist., Uganda We arrived here ~1500h after a strenuous walk up and down a couple of 600-800 ft. gorges. Overcast and intermittent light drizzle throughout, and a few minutes after we arrived an hour-long hard rain commenced. We are camped on a terrace a few meters south of the south border of the swamp. Saw lots of old elephant dung on the trail coming in, and enormous, water-filled tracks by the swamp at one place. Vincent says the elephants come here in the dry season, and that now they are up higher in the bamboo zone. During the rain storm the 7 of us huddled under a tarp w/ our cooky