Field notes, v1307
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Greene, h. 1990 July 4 (continued) up and out of reach, ~15 minutes later we saw that some snake (?) at ~same height but 2-3m away, again tongue-flicking moss clumps. Perhaps it abandoned the earlier eggs—which clearly were not all consumed—because of our light. I took many telephotos (280mm lens w/ flash f5.6) pictures. July 5 At 2015h Wendy and I found an *Lunarbola inornatus* directly over the beginning of sidewalk at the east end of the Cantarana swamp, ~4.5m up. The snake was crawling slowly and tongue-flicking, horizontally over slender branches and leaves, often w/ a substantial portion of its anterior half extending straight forward. The swamp was exceptionally bright because of a more or less full moon, and we couldn't locate any *Leptodeira* in the usual trees in more open parts. At 2030h we spotted a large *Nothopsis rugosa* crawling toward us, next to the sidewalk down from the lab clearly—surprisingly fast and extended, with a few shallow body beads. I grabbed, had it, the snake squirmed loose, and Wendy grabbed the animal—a surprisingly different response from the others of this species I've seen here, which were always slow. July 6 ~0830-0930h walked through Arboretum, endj over on the far side above the Susa, where Manuel Santana and I radiotracked *Chironius* in the early '80's. I heard rain, looked across the stream, and could see a heavy shower over