Seib, R. 1984 Arriaga to Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas, Mexico 18 Oct Left for Tuxth and got a room in a very nice and clean motel, Lancanja, on the main drag on the west side of town. We drove out past Jitotol to a site where Ted and I once got a diminutive salamander. It was almost dark, but I found the spot where Ted and I lantern-walked. It was too late to cut bromeliads, so we drove down to Rayon for a coke. There we talked to some people about animals. They were quite familiar with salamanders, but believed that mice metamorphosed into bats at night. Drove back to the salamander site, which is just a canyon with a small refuge of forest; all else is corn. Lantern-walked 1 1/2 hours, finding only Anolis and Plectrohyla. Drove back to Tuxtla, seeing a six-foot DoR Boa a kilometer from 190. Arrived Tuxtla 2300 and slept. Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas Mexico 19 Oct Got up, ate breakfast at the restaurant of the Hotel Bonampak. Went to the new zoo, located on a hilly area on the south side of town. The zoo is extremely large and rambling, but the mammal exhibits are so big that you usually can't find the mammals. The snake exhibits are absolutely outstanding!