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E. Heske
1982
Journal
Cd. Neilly, Puntarenas Prov., Costa Rica
5 Aug. cont.
in our bus (~40 km). We decided it wasn't
worth the effort and returned to Cd. Neilly. By
this time it had become overcast and was
threatening to rain. We found an area with a
good-looking patch of forest only .4 km S (by rd)
of Cd. Neilly. I set 50 traps, [illegible] set 40.
The area has some steep slopes + ravines, but a
dense canopy of mature trees and lots of
vines, herbaceous ground cover. It rained
rather hard while we set traps - Returned
to Cd. Neilly and spent the night there. The
two juvenile Heteromys died during the afternoon
and we took tissues + put them up as skeletons.
Lots of odd-sounding, and loud, anurans in
the area. Some sound like a video game...
Cloudy night, some showers, distant lightning.
Cd. Neilly, Puntarenas Prov., to San Jos\u00e9, San Jos\u00e9 Prov., CR
Aug.
Arose 0515. Checked traps - I caught 2 Heteromys,
[illegible] caught 5, including 1 partial albino. We
had breakfast in Cd. Neilly, then left for
San Jos\u00e9 to make sure we get karyotypes for this
sample. Stopped briefly in San Isidro, then
continued on to our former trap site 2.2 km E
(by rd) Trinidad, atop Ceno de la Muerte. We are
going to try to catch a few more Heteromys oresterus.
I set 90 traps here - 60 where Phil went in and