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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