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Seib, R.
1984
Tehuantepec to Cerro Azul, Chiapas, Mexico
16 Oct We began hiking at 1500, laden with
backpacks containing sleeping bags, tent,
drinks, collecting equipment, food, lantern, and
flashlight. The hike itself only took about
an hour, but the trail is indistinct in
places and almost impossible to follow
by oneself the first time. It's important
to know that if you go by yourself you
only take the main trail from the road
as far as the ridge line. From there,
you turn left on a smaller, less distinct
trail following the ridge to the palm
forest. We set up the tent in the only
bare patch on the trail in the entire
forest. This consisted mainly of a mass
of roots for us to toss and turn on
the whole night. I managed to collect
for 2 hours before darkness set in. There
were virtually no logs to turn, but numerous
logs were rotted and I tore them apart,
finding only millipedes within. Found a
shigee Bolitoglossa occidentalis-like, in a
small bromeliad. At dark I lit the lantern
and we were set upon by hundreds of
hungry mosquitoes. Lantern-walked for
90 minutes and found one Bolitoglossa
sticking its nose out of the heart of a