Field notes, v1351
Page 377
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Nordenskiold 1950 Lizard eggs Nov.21 Buenavista, 4000 ft., Meta, Colombia, S.A. Under 10"x3'x4'-6" piece of dead wood (natural) found 17 lizard eggs. Temp. of soil = 22.6°C. Eggs resting on dark, damp, root- smoked soil. 13 of eggs in one cluster in pocket at one side, 4 others scattered singly at other points under the piece of wood. On open, grassy, NW-facing slope (15°?) in full sun. Nearby a 5'x10' patch of low brush. About 20' W., the border between this grassy field and the steep W-sloping forested area. First egg was bad (?). 2nd contained embryo (#1578), Fz. 1/2"-long black ante under same cover. Two more embryos latter dissected out and placed with first, under #1578.