Field notes, v1308
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Greer, H. 1991 July 24 (continued) apparent respiratory collapse and/or heart attack. The coral snake was killed in the garden, but not clear to anyone if it really bit her. He says coral snakes are encountered commonly, and he has seen children playing w/ them. Today 2 neonate Boa constrictor were found; one beside the ice machine in the porch of the lab, the other near a cabina -- and two others on the other side of the river last week. July 25 More rain before dawn--streams are flooded, ground saturated. Last night Ardell and Gail caught an enormous F Bothrops asper (1875+246 mm, 2.7 Kg) crossing CES at 450 m. This morning we palped a Telonics (148.545 MHz) into her w/out problems. I spent the late morning and most of the afternoon arranging for storage of gear, burying rottenfish (!), etc. x1600 h I walked to the Agalychnis calcarifer site at CCL 750 m to collect a tadpole, then found a new nest at CCL 210 m that wasn't there yesterday AM. This clutch is on the curved vertical surface 4.5 cm above the water & 43.5 cm from the E. (right as one faces the pool having stepped over the log) end of the pool. The jelly is clear and shiny, the egg capsules slightly opaque, and the eggs organize w/ a dark spot on the upper part. The mass is irregular, maximum width x 55 mm near the top & 5 eggs wide; 4 eggs wide near the bottom; and 82 mm in greatest