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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.