Kleeve, H. 1990 June 28 (continued) The same tree in which he and I saw one in a previous year. At 2328 hr I passed back through the Cartazana Swamp on my way to the River Station and spotted the same giant Dryptodera septentrionalis, a meter or two from where it was seen earlier this evening, eating eggs of Azelychris saltator. The snake was draped over a vertical link >= 2 x its own diameter, holding the trunk by a series of fairly light links in the body that alternating over to opposite sides of the link. Every few seconds it pushed its head perpendicularly and laterally into the dense moss that surrounded the link; initially w/ a strike-like jab, then the neck quivered or moved laterally more slowly. Between such bouts the head was withdrawn a few cm and I could see unilateral jaw movements, but never an actual item (I did not have binoculars and was observing from a distance of 4-5 m). I surmise that this snake (and the other one earlier this evening were eating frog eggs, because this species has been seen eating eggs of A. callidryas and Wendy Roberts has seen numerous clutches of A. saltator laid (