Seib, R. 1982 Tapechula, Chiapas, Mexico 17 Aug Monte Perla and discovered that they also had snakes (?) waiting for me. I paid 50 pesos for a Micrurus which had just been caught at 14:00 and 30 pesos for the other snakes. They wanted to collect while we were there, so Allison and I tagged and weighed all the snakes in the car, our laboratory. While we worked, they brought 3 more snakes and one was a Xenodon for which I paid 50 pesos. Went to the pitking rock and preserved. Then drove back to San Jeronimo to find 14 more snakes waiting for us. Yet another Xenodon! It was nearly dark, so we decided to sneak our animals and equipment into the room for processing. Things went smoothly and we finished in about an hour. Went to have a quick dinner and planned to night-drive because a big storm was just hitting Tapechula. Drove 25 km down the Puerto Madero Rd. Saw an incredible variety of amaurus. We collected 50 of many species (see catalogue). Also seen were OB Dermophis and 4 OB Bang (very large) and Buto marinus.