Greer, N. 1993 July 26 said "I have it on good authority that this is (continued) great microhabitat for ... [C. lepidus]" when I was interrupted by rattling and spotted an adult ? (x20" TL, possibly gravid) C. lepidus crawling under a rock in the jungle - lifted it and she was coiled facing out. She had basal + 6 segments, parallel and incomplete. I recorded her blotch code (in D.L. Hardy notebook for this site) and paint marked her. Back at camp we splashed ourselves w/ water, danced around naked, and split a Chihuahua beer. Cicadas in a nearby juniper tree, flies, butterflies going by. July 27 Another warm, clear morning - except still some white wispy clouds to the southwest. Over coffee the jays are yacking and flying back and forth across the canyon, and a low buzzing drone of flies is almost constant. Occasionally a single bullfrog calls. Last night I heard gentle rustling in the dry oak leaves x 30m SW of our tent and first thought it deer (a large antlerless one came through the swamp pond yesterday afternoon while we puttered in camp). After a few minutes I could distinguish two sources several meters apart and heard several jaw chomps. Looking out our back flap I saw two dark shapes emerge from the moon shadows of a small oak x 15m away, and woke Kelly. W/ flashlight we saw