Seib, R. 1982 Tepichula, Chiapas, Mexico 11 Aug Large shade trees are left as a canopy for large, widely-spaced coffee trees. Since there was a double canopy, there were few plants on the ground, just leaves which are ideal for litter snakes. Now the new style of coffee is becoming prevalent. At this location where I used to get a lot of snakes they have cut most of the tall trees so that much vegetation grows around the coffee. It is virtually impossible to turn leaves. Below the finca they have cut every tree and planted the kind of coffee I saw in Guatemala (see 1978, 1979 notes). Anyway, we finally found a place that slightly resembled the old style situation. However, there were many living & fallen bananas as well as cut trees. It was too difficult to work completely, i.e., not every banana was turned. We did find 3 snakes: a highly active Micrurus nigrocinctus, and one adult Coniophanes fissidens plus a sleeping, coiled Ninia sebae. There were many