Freere, H. 1991 July 4 (continued) Charles' notes. at 1934h tonight on SOR≈300 I caught a Leptodeira septentrionalis that writhed and cloacal discharged when handled July 5 Dave and Billy Hardy, and Ardell Mitchell arrived today. July 6 W/ our entire group, we conducted little searches of 10, 5 X 5 m quadrats near the junction of SSO and SHA (data separate). July 7 Walked the monitoring transect this AM (data separate). at ≈2245h Heidi Robeck called me to a Leptodeira septentrionalis (♀ 515 +140 mm, 20.7g) at SOR50, which she found on the ground eating a Bufo marinus (6.8g, preserved). Snake was just starting over the head when she encountered it and started fining; 14 min-16 secs. later it swallowed the toe tips. Regurgitated as soon as I picked it up. Interesting to note: not much rain since I arrived, and both the site (ground) and prey (Bufo, not hylid) are non-model; L. septentrionalis can behave like I. annulata (as in this case) but probably not the reverse - the latter is heavier bodied and probably can't climb to eat frog eggs. July 8 Walked the monitoring transect - data separate. July 9 Last night began a period of heavy rain, finally. Until now we've had only occasional brief showers- the forest seems dry, frog activity is low both in the forest and swamps. This AM Wendy showed me the spectacle I've heard of for years, mass