Our Eighteenth Trip to Costa Rica
April 6th to 13th, 2013
Day One ~~~ Saturday 04/06/13
I woke up a little after 5 AM this morning; this was the first day of Costa Rica Herping Adventures, Trip 18. I had been doing a lot to prepare for this trip. One of the Herpers on this trip, Robert, had read several of the Trip Highlights of past trips on our web site. So, in talking to him on the phone he said that two things from the site interested him and Michael also on this trip and Robert’s traveling buddy. And that was hunting for Tropical Rattlesnakes and Sea-snakes. He wanted to know if I could help him out on those items. Sure no problem, I said. With the Rattlesnakes it would be on private land and I had a guide that could get the OK for the hunt. I called him and set it up. While I wa doing that, I thought about going hunting for sea snake to. I decided I should go along since it had been a while since I had hunted for Sea-snakes also. I called the Captain I use and set that up for seven o’clock that morning. I called Robert and told him that if he wanted me to go along I be happy to do it. I then told him that my friend Pete would also be coming down a week early and he and I would be scouting some area for future trips if Trip 18 didn’t do as well as I hoped it would do. I said Pete would probably be up for the Rattlesnakes and Sea-Snake hunt. Robert said the more the merrier… I got myself out of bed and gabbed my Pilate’s mat and headed out for my 25 minute daily ritual. Half way there and I heard Pete trying to un-lock the door in the main house. Costa Rican locks are hard to understand much less un-lock. I tried to help him from the outside by giving instruction but that didn’t work. Pete was renting a room in the main house for the night. Anne and I had rented a cabina on the grounds in Atenas and had been there since the end of January. I finished my Pilates and someone in the house got up and sprung Pete from confinement. Soon we were in the car heading to Playa Herradura to get our boat and see if today we would have any luck fishing for snakes!….. Pete had arrived a week ago last night, the same as Robert and Michael. The three met up at the hotel and the next night did some road cruising with no luck at all. The following day I met with the three of them for our try at Tropical Rattlesnakes. We hunted for a half day with no luck on snakes; we did find some frogs, lizards and monkeys. Robert and Michael had plans to see some of Costa Rica along with some Herping. Pete and I planned to leave the next morning for the Sarapiqui area. We would be in the area herping day and night to test the area for future Herp Trips with a group. We would met Robert and Michael at Playa Hurradura at 7: AM for our Sea snake try before going to the Hotel Aeropuerto to meet with the rest of the Herpers on Trip 18 who would all be arriving today….. Pete and I got to the hotel around 1:30 pm. The first one I ran into was Mark; we shook hands and hugged – it is always nice to see old Herping friends. Two minutes later up came Donna, Mark’s wife, she got a real hug. Mark and Donna were with me for third time. They were on Trip 9, Nov. 2005 and Trip 13, May 2008. A short while later I saw Dan, who I had not seen in 11 years. This was Dan’s second trip with me, he was on Trip 4, Nov. 2002. Dan had held up pretty good, not much of a change at all. Next one in was Mike, a first timer with Costa Rica Herping Adventures on Trip 18. Finally Robert and Michael also on their first trip with us, finally showed up; after our Sea snake hunt they took the catch to a secluded beach to take pictures. We did get lucky at Sea snakes; we spotted 9 and caught 7. We could have had more but time was short, I had to get to the hotel to meet the new arrivals. And Michael, being a professional Wildlife Photographer, needed time with the Sea Snakes to get the best shot possible. We all ended up in the restaurant and had a beer or two getting acquainted. Finally it started getting dark and we all ordered our evening meal and then a little later it was bed time, we all had wake-up call for 4:30 AM.
Day Two ~~~ Sunday 04/07/13
Our wake up call was for 4:30 AM. and it came right on time. Pete jumped up from his bed and headed for the bathroom and came out with a pitcher of water for the room’s coffee pot; soon we had a little coffee in us. Now we were ready to meet the challenges of the day. For this trip I made different arrangements with our transportation company. This year they are picking us up at our hotel making the whole thing a lot easier on us. But we still have to pick up a few passengers going on a Tortuguero tour. Sunday morning is the perfect time to ride though San Jose almost traffic free.We made good time getting on to Highway 32 which will take us through the Braulio Carrillo National Park. We stopped for breakfast and then were off again . We made good time until we hit the dirt road and then things slowed down. The driver and company owner Tomas was a very entertaining guy and he gave us thought provoking question and a riddle or two to ponder. I didn’t offer any answers because I heard it on last year’s trip. He did stop and point out some animals, birds and a few herps. Finally we got to the boat landing and got out of the van for a long waited potty stop. Tom’s crew unloaded our bag from the van into the boat. Once we rounded up everyone we were on our way, an hour and a half to Tortuguero. This part of the trip was a pleasure because the moving boat kept us cool and in most places there was jungle on both sides. We all were looking for wildlife and saw several Green Basilisk lizards, some very neat Birds and even a Monkey or two. We were supposed to arrive at the Almond Tree dock at 1:00 in Tortuguero, but we were a few minutes late. Carlos, from Vista Al Mar, our hotel, pulled up at the dock next to us. As soon as we transferred our bags to his boat, we were on our to Vista Al Mar, our hotel for the rest of the trip. A little while later we were eating lunch at the hotel. Everyone was anxious to check out the place and maybe see a herp or two but the real herping would start after dark. I had to go over to the Research Center
Research Station
and check in with Charlotte, the station manager, I grabbed Pete to go with me as he was a good friend of Charlotte. At that time Charlotte was giving a class to some of her volunteers. So we walked around the Center. We told everyone that we were there to find snakes and most had a story to tell us of their recent experiences with snakes. I asked people about the conditions of the trails, specially were the trails wet or dry. The answer was dry to very dry. We later learned that most of these people had not been on the trail in the back lately. About that time Charlotte was freed up from her classes. And we got together to talk about our plans for the week. I asked her if it would be possible for her to get us permit to hunt the trail in Tortuguero National Park at night. She said she would try and let us know. I also as asked it she knew the location on any Honduran White Bats (Ectophylla alba).
Ectophylla alba ~~~ Honduran White Bats
These guys live in a tent they make by cutting large leaves of the Heliconia plant, causing them to fold down to form a ‘tent’. I knew these bats were on the property last year but I never found any. She said yes and asked her husband Manuel to lead us to the spot; they were there and I finally got to see the White Bats. As we finished dinner that night I told everyone to get their equipment and meet at the boathouse in 20 minutes. As everyone arrived, we put our canoes in the water and paddled across the canal to the Research Center to see what we could find. We walked the trail along the canal and did not see anything interesting there. When we got to the elevated platform, I hoped things would get better. We did see a few Oophaga pumilio the Blue Jean dart frog. But we did begin to find some Cone Head Katydid (Genus Copiphora) a very interesting insect. When I thought about it, I had been seeing these guys for years but never really looked at them closely. Michael, being a profession wildlife photographer, was interested in getting real close up of them. Once I started looking up close I discovered an amazing life form that I had been ignoring for years. Oh well live and learn! We pushed on until we got to a spot that usually holds water (was not dry back here). So we had to find our way around, if you tried walking on the path you would sink down to your knees in the mud. I few of us found that out the hard way, fortunately for me I was not one of the chosen ones, this time anyway. We got back on a little bit of higher ground for a while and I spotted a Coral Snake and got my snake hook on him. He was able to keep moving under the hook, I replaced it on him a couple of times to no avail. He got under a root and was gone. Ten minutes later I spotted another Coral Snake crawling length ways on top of a fallen log. It looked like an easy catch, but something in my mind reminded me easy catches are pretty rare with Coral Snakes. I got to him before he was off the log and pinned him but the wood was soft and he continued moving and once off the log he too was gone. A while later I remembered I had welder gloves in my backpack for the purpose of catching Coral Snakes, should’ve and could’ve, oh well, maybe next time. We were again moving into a boggy area and someone else slipped into the mud. It was tough going and one of our Herper was having a very hard time and was not doing well; he had a prior medical condition that became a concern. I was worried about him and was concerned about what lay ahead of us versus going back. I decided to go ahead; it was rough. We went slow and Robert found a Cat-eye Snake
and he also caught the largest Tarantula I have ever seen. It was Goliath Bird-Eating Spider (Theraphosa blonde). Going ahead was the right move; it was not far before we had good ground and we had been much closer to the end of the trail. A short paddle across the canal and a quick shower and that bed felt very good.
Day Three ~~~ Monday, 04/08/2013
After last night walk of 5 hours on the trail that should have taken us 2-3 at the most. I was not sure it anyone would be up and out 6 am. I was happy to find several of the Herpers out and about with there cameras taking pictures of any wildlife or other item of interest. I was heading to the restaurante for a cup of great Costa Rican coffee. Soon all of us were together at the table for a typical Costa Rican breakfast: fruit, juice, scrambled eggs, beans and rice, and coffee or tea. The workers were busy raking leaves, sweeping sidewalks and just keeping the grounds meticulous. After breakfast I told the group that I would be taking the snakes from last night to the Station at 9am. For processing which included measuring, sexing, and weighing the snakes and noting any distinguishing marks this will become part of the Station records. Most of our group was there plus several of the Stations volunteers. Tubing the Coral Snake
was a challenge but here the trick; start with a tube that is easy for him to crawl into, put the next smaller tube into the first one, when he crawl into that one, repeat the routine until he in the one you need him in. This is a lot less stress on the snake and you. Some of the guys used the canoes in the canal to find animals and herps to photo. Pete and walk down the beach road heading north we were going to a place we went to last year it was maybe 3 kilometers. We made our turn and walk the fence line towards the canal. The path we were on had a drainage ditch along side that held water, so we saw your share of Green Basilisk in the ditch, but no snakes. We checked the trees for Eyelash Viper and had no luck there either. We did get some nice photos of some small birds. And just before we left the area I started noticing small lizards moving in the leaf litter. After a few tries I did manage to catch one. I bagged him up to take back for photos. It turned out to be Striped Litter Skink ~~~Sphenomorphus cherriei~~~ hatching. The plan after dinner was to go back to the trails across the canal and only work the area where we had a good footing and dry too. As we walked the trail we found some Strawberry Dart Frogs which meant time for photos. Mark decided to go back to the hotel side and hunt around there and Mike when with to help with the canoe. In the meantime as we were getting to the wet area and Pete spotted and caught a Coral Snake.
Allen’s Coral Snake
With a home made grabber and got him in the bag. This grabber was the kind they sell in food stores for reaching cans or packages off the shelves in your closet. He tied small sponges to the grabber part to protect the snake and hold him better. To my amazement it worked like a dream. Finally we got to the boat house and into our canoes, once we were on the other side we found out that Mark had found and caught a big Boa.
But the interesting part was that the Boa was coming out a hole in a very large tree with roots coming down and wrapping around the base of the tree. The Boa was only part way out of the tree. He figured it would be at lease a two man job get him out. So, Mark had to wait for some help, his wait was over a hour until Mike came across the canal. Mark and Mike musceled the Boa out of the tree and had him bagged and in he was in the room before the rest of us came back. Oh, well I’ll see him in the morning I thought, time for a shower.
Day Four ~~~ Tuesday, 04/09/2013
At breakfast I told the group that our permits came though and tonight we would be hunting on the trails of Tortuguero National Park. But, we had the whole day ahead of us. So, we decided to do a photo shoot with Mark and Mike, Big Boa. As they carried the bag to the grass area I could see the snake was going to be on the large size. When they put him on the ground and he came out of the bag, I said to myself around six feet, when he crawled a bit I said maybe 6 and 1/2. This guys was nice and stocky, had good color and looked in perfect health. He also had an attitude and tried to bite when anyone got in range. We took lots of photos of the Boa and then took him over to the Research Station for processing. Remember I said he had an attitude well he show it with a bunch of the volunteers heading for the door when he state acting up and let out a couple of loud hisses. We did the measurements and all and found he was a she and she was 7 foot 4 inches long. The longest we ever found in the wild. We also found out from a scar on her back that she had visited the Station 2 years before. She was found in some yard constricting the owner’s dog and he gave her a couple of waks with his machete. The dog was let go and the owner call the Station and they came and got the Boa and nursed it back to health and released. Now we knew why she had such an attitude. The rest of the day we had everyone did what every they wanted to do. Some in the canoes, some walking the beach, maybe even a nap but sooner or later that day I think everyone made it to the pool. We all met at the restaurant around 6 o’clock it was just about dark, we eat are evening meal and got are equipment and went to the boathouse. Carlos the boat driver was waiting for us, along with Manuel how would act as our interpreter and guide. Minutes later we were on our ways to Tortuguero National Park. Half and hour later we pulled up to the park. The Ranger checked our passports and the permits and said go this way and good luck. The Trails at the park are 10 to 12 feet wide are well packed and level, very easy walking. We needed a break! Fifteen minutes down the trail we came across a cute little mammal which turned out to be Marmosa mexicana ~~~ Mexican Mouse Opossum. I saw once before just a quick glance before he was gone but this one just posed for our pictures. We found frogs, toads, lizards, spiders and insects. But, no snakes so far. An hour or so down the trail Robert found a snake a Sibon nebulatus ~~~ Cloudy Snail-eater. A short while later we spotted an Eyelash Viper about head high in a tree along the trails. We took several photos of this guy and move on down the trail. We finally got as far as we could go and make we a u-true because we had a time to be for the boat to pick us up at 11.30 PM. On the way back we found the Eyelash about where we left him an hour earlier. Soon we were getting in the boat and heading back to the hotel. We saw a few eye shines form the caiman along the way but nothing of real interest.
Day Five ~~~ Wednesday, 04/10/2013
After breakfast a little later in the morning Mike and Michael said they were going to paddle a canoe up the canal and try to get some pictures. They also saw several Green Basilisk, Green Iguanas, Monkeys, Butterflies and more. Being in a canoe and paddling quietly gives you an advantage and a lot of animal just freeze and think you don’t notice them. With Mike expertly handing the canoe and Michael expertly handling the camera you would expect they may come back with some outstanding photos. Well, they did and I picked two as my favorites the first was a pair of White-faced Monkey ~~~ (Cebus capucinus),
and the other was a Green Basilisk ~~~ (Basiliscus plumifrons). Earlier in the day the Research Center sent word over that they could use some volunteers to help with their Sea Turtle work tonight. Dan and Robert said they would like to do it. They had to go to an orientation at 2 pm at the station. Dan, relayed some info about about their night on the turtle walk. ” Robert and I did the turtle walk on Wednesday night. Raoul (from Spain) was our biologist. There were also 2 others from the Research station, so we had 5 total. Raoul talked about the jaguar tracks he saw one night, we didn’t see anything like that. We walked in the pitch dark 3 miles up the beach and then back. A total of 6 miles on sand, we both had sore calves the next morning. We also tripped over driftwood and berms a couple of times. Unfortunately, we didn’t spot any turtles that night.” That’s a long walk in the dark. On the nesting beaches in Costa Rica you are not allowed lights. They can use lights with red lens for doing your paper work. Meanwhile as Robert and Dan were walking in the sand with the sound of the waves in their ears; a few of us hit the Station’s trails again. We saw a few frogs but nothing what really stood out. We made it a short night after that, at least for most of us. After Dan and Robert’s night walk without any herps they decided to go in a canoe and try for some Caiman. Since Dan had extensive canoe experience, he did the driving and gently eased the canoe into position while Robert was up front and snagged the 2 Caiman.
A while later Dan managed to maneuver his end of the canoe in close enough the grab a sleeping Green Basilisk. When they came back from there turtle walk they met some people from the Research Station who said they had seen an annulated Boa in a tree by the station. They when there to see it they could find it. It took a while but they spotted it high up in a tree. The tree was a tall thin one with no low limbs to get started up the tree. Finally they came up with a master plan. They duct taped a snake hook onto a bamboo pole. Then Dan climbed on Robert’s shoulders and Dan was just able to reach and hook the Annulated Tree Boa
and gently bring him to the ground. They took some pictures and put him back in the tree. It just goes to show that it help the have a brain to be a Herper.
Day Six ~~~ Thursday, 04/11/2013
I was up early this morning and was doing my Pilates routine while lying on the mat looking up I saw part of a good size bird in a tree nearby. I tried to stick to my routine but I kept part of that bird and I just had to see if I could get a picture and ID the bird. So, up I went into my room to get my new camera a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20. I had just brought the Camera on Amazon and had it shipped the Mike and he delivered it to me when he arrived for the trip. I had been using it since I got it and finally had it figured out and really love the camera. I when looking for the bird but he was gone from the spot I have seen him. A minute later I found him on a different limb of the same tree. I got a couple of shots and he turned out to by a Baird’s Trogon which is a beautiful bird and sought out by many Birder’s coming to Costa Rica. I finished out my Pilates and went looking for Pete, he was still in his room. As I was knocking on the door, I noticed a very large tree frog sleeping on his window. When Pete came out I pointed to the frog and we took some pictures of it. Then we touched it and it opened his eyes long enough for us to know it was a Red Eye-ed Tree Frog and we both agreed it was the largest one the either of us had ever seen before. That afternoon Mike and I decided to try a little fishing in the canal. Last year I had rod, reel and tackle. I use it once for a half hour or so and of course caught no fish. This year I wanted to try a new approach I brought a yo yo, same hooks, a few sinkers, a sabiki rig- a lure designed to catch bait fish. Mike had a rod and reel with him so we set the sabiki rig up on his rod. 30 minutes later I knew we were not going to catch any bait fish. So, we just keep paddling looking for herps. We did see green iguanas and basilisk. Up ahead I could see trees moving, no doughty monkeys, as we got closer we could see they were a group of Whiteface Monkeys. There were dozens of them they were in the low trees along the canal edge some were further back but they wanted a better view of us and came closer. There was a male who was challenging us he came the closes and jumped up and down yelling at us. This was really something the witness and be a part of. We took some photos and started paddling on he stayed with us as we moved. I guess his troop though he was running us off. But, there big leader jumped up unto a falling piece of Bamboo lying between two small trees. When he got to the middle he started yell and jumping again and the Bamboo broke and he hit on his butt on the ground. We were laughing so hard that I think he was embarrassed. Because he was not yelling and jumping as we paddled away. That night we were going to the park again, when we pulled up to the dock and when to the Range quarters he came out and waved us in. We moved a little faster tonight trying to cover a little more ground. We did find a couple more Bird Eating Tarantula, few frogs but no snakes. We were on our way back and on a trail we had not covered before when a spotted a small Fer-de-Lance lying up under a bush. I got my hook on him and managed to pull him out a little from under the bush. Everyone except me started taking pictures. Well this guy started move out from under my hook, I asked for another hook to be put on him and no came forward with a hook. Someone had to get one out of a backpack to help me hold the snake. We got him stabilized and shot a few more photos and released him. An hour later I was in the shower, next stop bed.
Day Seven ~~~ Friday, 04/12/2013
This is our last full day in the field and we wanted to make the most of it. After breakfast Pete and I went over to the Research Center to see what was going on over there, not mush as it turned out, no one had seen any snake this morning. We decided to walk the trail and see it we would have any luck, we didn’t. But we did see a few interesting birds, specially a beautiful Slaty-tailed Trogon. We saw and photographed some Strawberry Dart Frog ~~~ (Oophaga pumilo). After lunch Mark, Donna, Pete and I wanted to take a walk down to the little village of San Francisco. This was about a 3 kilometer walk in the hottest part of the day. We walked down the beach road and found some shore birds like gulls and sandpipers, a large group of Turkey Vultures just standing around on the beach. It was really hot Pete kept talking about a little store that the owner made these little ice cream treats. I was ready for one, when we finally got there they were sold out. So I settled for a cone, at least it was home made. We stay a while and by the time we headed back it had dropped a could of degrees making it not to bad going back the the hotel. At dinner that night I wanted to get a group shot of our Herpers. I had a of the girl take the photo, she had little experience with a camera, I gave her quick lesson and she came up with two good in focus shots. Our plan was to make the complete circle of the trail as we did the first night. The coral snakes seem to hang around the wetter area and doing the complete circle gave a better shot of finding some. We all left and grabbed are gear and headed for the boat house. We put the canoes in the water and made our way to the station. Everyone seemed up for our last chance at finding our goal of finding every snake in the jungle. I wish!! We walked slow looking high and low and everywhere in between. We were getting close to where the wet area would start, at that point Mark, Mike and Michael said this was their turn around point. That left Pete, Robert, Dan and I to complete the circle. About that time Robert said snake and pointed to the left off trail. I was right behind him and saw what he was pointing at, it was a large close to 5 foot Fer-de-Lance. Robert put his snake hook on him but this big strong snake managed to keep moving on the soft ground. I walk into the bush a ways to try to head the snake off, he crawled the way I was hoping for. He was on the move by then I put my hook over his mid-section and pulled just a little trying to get him a little off the ground and my hook under from the other side it seemed to by working. I lifted him up and turned my body sling him around a 180 degrees and drop him back on the path. Robert quickly put his hook on him on firm ground which held him. Dan said he was going to run back and tell the other guys to come back so they could get some pictures of this big guy. As it turned out they had just bagged a Coral Snake just before Dan caught up with them. They all came a few minutes later and started taking pictures. When we had the photos we wanted; we released the snake and he calmly crawled away within a couple minutes he was lost in the jungle like he had never been there. I often wonder how many snakes we miss by that 1 or 2 minutes. You got to be at the right place at the right time, it’s a simple as that. Well we split up again, we continued and made the complete circle without finding another. It was tough going but I would rather with a chance of finding a snake then being home in bed dreaming about catching one.
Travel Day ~~~ Saturday, 04/13/2013
We still had a little over half a day left before leaving the Hotel Vista al Mar. We had our last lunch at the hotel and had to be on the dock with our bags at 1 pm. Travel days are always packed with tension because things have to happen in a timely manner and you don’t have control over it. The best thing you can do is keep a positive attitude and hope for the best. We left the hotel a little after 1pm and got off at the Almond Tree dock a half hour later, our pick up was at 2pm. We boarded the boat around 2:15 But we had to pick up some other staying in hotels at Tortuguero once we where in the boat we were on our way for the 2 hour trip to the landing and from there 3 1/2 hour more back to the Hotel Aeropuerto from were we started. Everyone stayed over night to catch their flights back to the State tomorrow. Anne was there when we arrival , I said goodbye and safe travel to everyone that I was privileged to spend a week herping with, hopefully we will do it again in the future.
Trip 18 was in the Bag !!
Species List
The following is a list of snakes our herpers encountered on our trip to Costa Rica; April 6th to 13th 2013.
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Species
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Common Name
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Live
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DOR
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| Bothriechis schlegelli | Eyelash Viper | 2 | 0 |
| Bothrops asper | Fer-de-Lance | 2 | 0 |
| Corallus annulatus | Annulated Tree Boa | 1 | 0 |
| Leptodeira septentrionalis | Northern Cateye Snake | 2 | 0 |
| Micrurus alleni | Allen’s Coral Snake | 4 | 0 |
| Oxybelis aeneus | Brown Vine Snake | 1 | 0 |
| Coniophanes fissidens | Brown Spot belly | 1 | 0 |
| Sibon nebulatus | Cloudy Snail-eater | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 0 |
My Herping Adventure in Costa Rica
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Robert and I did the turtle walk on Thursday night. Raoul (from Spain ) was our biologist. There were also 2 others from the Research station, so we had 5 total. Raoul talked about the jaguar tracks he saw one night, we didn’t see anything like that. We walked in the pitch dark 3 miles up the beach and then back. A total of 6 miles on sand, we both had sore calves the next morning. We also tripped over driftwood and berms a couple of times. Unfortunately, we didn’t spot any turtles that night.
It was Robert and I who caught the 2 caimans that night. Since I have extensive canoe experience, I did the driving and gently eased the canoe into position while Robert was up front and snagged the caimans. I also caught a sleeping basilisk that night. We got a great video clip of it running across the water when we released it. We also got pictures of sleeping birds.
We caught the annulated boa when we duct taped a snake hook onto a bamboo pole. Then I climbed on Robert’s back and I was just able to reach and hook the boa. Once we got him on the ground and had the light on him we realized what a beauty he was. We where very pleased and happy to have been able to make his catch, it’s one for the books.
Dan
Trips to Cano Palma and Tortuguero are always very interesting. I made a couple of trips there before you and a couple with you. Every time I go there I learn some more about the area and it is REAL jungle herping with rough trails and good trails. Bush whacking, canal cruising and paddling at night all produce new and rare snakes and lots of fatigue.
These trips to Cano with my friend Alex visiting Todd were scientific, fun, and exciting as were the later trips with you and the group. Conditions and species change from trip to trip, so one never knows what to expect. The people at the Vista al Mar are great; Charlotte and Manuel at the biological station can’t be beat!
The biggest live wild boa I ever saw was found on this trip by Mark, and the only annulated trees boas I have seen in the wild also came from these trips. This trip also featured the biggest Caiman and the largest Red-Eye Tree Frog I have seen on all of trip!
I do not think I have been on a trip to this area without someone producing cat eyes, Allen’s corals, and different color morphs of the eyelash vipers. There was always an assortment of other snakes, along with various amphibians, lizards and turtles.
Pete
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