Tom and Charley and I, and Tom's half-dachshund Barney were exploring in the jungle down by the creek. Barney came out of the water shaking, and a 16" long bright blue snaky thing was whipping around him. He shook it off quickly and we had at it with a machete and some cudgels until the remains were safely hammered out of sight in the mud. We kept a close eye on Barney but he suffered no ill effects. I'd gotten a couple of good glimpses of the thing: it was too fast for any worm, but it was rounded on both ends--not like any snake I'd ever seen. And bright blue...
We tried to find it in the book of Liberian snakes, but never did.
We didn't have a book on amphibians.
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