Field notes, v1308
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Greene, H. 1991 June 23 A pretty restless night. Wendy is in one bed, plagued by mosquitoes that are largely ignoring me despite the fact she is wrapped up like a mummy w/ the fan on. I'm on the other, so warm I'm sweaty w/ no sheet, tossing in and out of sleep. ≈0400 hr I feel several fingers make 3-4 bouts of rhythmic tapping on my head and as I slowly come to consciousness think it must be one of my own hands, neurologically disembodied from being laid on it. As the weird thumping recurs I gradually perceived that each of my hands was elsewhere! So I jerk upright and see a dark oblong form fall from my head to the bed-wall border, then zoom and jump in what looks like rodent-like locomotion. Oh shit, I think, a rat on my head, so get my light to prevent it getting onto Wendy later and find the animal in my duffel bag - one of the yellow-green cf. Bufo leutkerni! There are 3 German Shepherds here, a very old and tranquil female/other two large puppies. Twice the pups have tried to make off w/ our wet shoes in front of the cabina. Last night during dinner all three were collapsed on the dining room floor as if the air had been let out of their tires, at breakfast this AM I spied a 8' Gonatodes active ≈1.5m up on a palm