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B. Stella.
Journal
1976.
Cerro San Felipe, Est. Oaxaca, Mexico.
12 Feb.
subsided, however. We ate lunch & decided to push on to the summit locality, 15 km W. of La Cumbre. This area is reported to have a superabundance of P. smithii in the wet months, so we were curious to see it now.
x summit.
uphill, wooded, shaded.
large clearing
uphill
to stumps &
logs.
W.
--dirt road
La Cumbre,
The area in the clearing shown above - open,
exposed to direct sunlight, & fairly hot. There
are many logs & stumps, & we worked those
first. The Pseudosycrea were occasionally
found under logs, & often up to 10 under both
of stumps. However, they are not thick under
logs as reported for the wet season. We
found that most of the animals encountered
were very young, still retaining the juvenile
red spots. Also in the clearing I got 1 Basisa
& one scelponis - the former under a log
& the latter out running around. I then started
to work south up the north facing slope. Inside