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Seib, R.
1984
Comitan, Chiapas, Mexico
21 Oct This is so depressing. The little bit of coffee
still exists at Amparo Agua Tinta, but there is
no surrounding forest and therefore no leaf litter,
and therefore no more leaf-litter snails to
colonize the coffee. People collected snails
for me totaling 65 Ninia sebai and
1 Drymobius moyogorritiferus. I weighed and
measured all the snails, then released those
that my permit didn't allow for. Drove
back in the dark, preserved, and passed out.
Comitan to Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
22 Oct We woke early and packed the truck. I made
instant Mexican coffee (Yarino) in the room; rabbit
and the followers. Left Comitan and drove past
Motezintla to the pass on the continental divide.
On the right hand side is a graded road (first
7 miles) which leads to Siltepec. We drove
16.7 miles along this (later very bad) road and
stopped to collect. A man in a dump truck
stopped to ask why I was there. When I
mentioned salamanders he almost insisted
that I drive with him 40 fm more to
another (higher?) mountain where he said
they were abundant. I declined because
of time and because I was trying to
find the site where Wate collected in
August 1975. I never found the site, but