B. Shaffer 1976 Journal Mexico: Oaxaca, near Vista Hermosa. 7 Feb, went away from it - most of these bus stops seem to be along ridges, & all of the ridges look like they have trails on them. *This area is basically unwalkable unless you are on a trail - the forest is incredibly thick. However, on this trail, often going from a few hundred yards, the forest thinned a bit, so that passing through it is possible. Off of the trail we found many bromiliads, but no Salamanders. I dropped on very big bromilids form ~ 15-20 ft. up in an oak tree - & we found 2 chortoses-green hylas in it. However nothing else was seen, in perhaps 50 bromiliads. Also, nothing under bark on logs. We took off around dark - soaking wet from intermittent rain & went back to Tuxtpec to get gas. Also, * Before arriving at this area we stopped at the town of Yelila - a possible Bolitoglossa locality. We asked the best local people, & they knew salamanders. With a flash of translating brilliance, Jim got ~ 15 people looking for animals - but none showed up; we turned a lot of rocks in a river flood plain, tore up rotten logs, peeled bananas, etc - nothing. We then