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Mymal Long
1969
Journal
83
2 1 Km. E., 7 Km. N Olmoz, 2300 ft., Dqto Lambaggvo, Psm.
Aug. 19 (cont.)
under large Ficus trees & mesquite-like
trees.
8:30 p.m. I hear some bats and there are
also a lot of insect noises. The night is warm
and windless. There aren't nearly as many
flying insects here at night as there were down by the red bridge. Today we each set
about 22 or 23 snap traps. Ray + I set
ours along rock + brush fences placed between
small areas of dried old cultivation & the stream,
and Dr. Koford set his up a small canyon.
9:30 p.m. Went out gecko hunting. Dr. Koford caught 3
and I caught one. They were on small boulders
with lichen, usually near brush or large
boulders. Seems we may have 2 species. I found a
large toad jumping through the brush and leaf
litter about 75 yards from the creek. It
puffed up as I held it. I released it, as
it was the same kind as we found abundant
at the iron bridge. The geckos we got were
all around the same vicinity, and there didn't
seem to be any others anywhere else we looked.
I was checking my bat net, when I heard a
little rustling in the brush near a large
boulder. I looked around with my flashlight,
and half-way up the boulder was a mouse
staring at me. It was apparently a medium-sized