Field notes, v1308
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June 7, bed into a bamboo thicket on the West (continued)(?) or away from staircase side of stream, but we can't see him. Descend to road and walk. at 2015hr, 905m, 2 Polypedates leucomystay 2m above ground, ±50m from staircase toward old french ruins. at 2020hr, opposite side of road, a P. leucomystay 40cm above ground. (I am collecting these for Kelly, who is investigating the possibility that there are two morphs or species of this froz.) at 2040 hr I watch a moderate size orange-legged Scelopendra crawling on a tree limb 2.5m up, horizontal, seemingly foraging, swing foreparts side to side. At 2055hr Dave Hardy spots a big ♂ Trimeresurus stejnegeri (598+148mm, 69.5g), ±20m toward staircase from junction of newt panel road on upper loop road, 905m. The snake was in an ambush posture on a dead horizontal bamboo stick (10 mm φ) connecting for 35cm a live vertical bamboo, to which snake's tail connected, and a 10cm φ tree fern trunk, ±2.2m up. We photographed and snake only struggled when I