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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