Cahuita

 Costa Rica

Marietta College Biology and Environmental Science Department Field Trip 2005/2007

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Snakes on a Tree

The Triple Crown for 2007:  Photos of a Fer-de-Lance, a Blue-Jeans Dart Frog (carrying a tadpole), and an Eyelash Viper (preferably yellow phase).  I was doing well; at La Suerte I had nabbed the first two jewels:

Would I be able to get the third?  As we walked along the trail at Cahuita, Dave Brown walked past a tree with some brush growing in front of it.  I looked closer - and there it was - the third jewel of the triple crown:

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After taking numerous pictures with several different cameras, I remarked to Dave - "well, there's only one thing left to do."  Dave looked back - "Touch it!"  So we did.

Oh, sorry - there was only one snake.