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B. Skift
1976.
Journal
Vicinity Santos Reyes Papilo, Est. Oaxaca, Mexico.
15 Feb.
The other side. This area was not as cleared,
and had five stands of pine - unfortunately
it is all a precipitous slope that is really
impossible to work. We stopped for a moment
at a turnout on the road that had a small
wood-pile - I got 5 Thorius out of it -
4 out of from under a branch not over
3" in diameter. We then turned around and
decided to hit one more in this vicinity
locality - we chose one 11 km. W.E. from
Santos Reyes Papilo. This area has a
small stream running by the road, & a
steep to slope rises away from it. It
is much like the 1st locality - pines + an
occasional oak. Again by rolling logs, etc. I
get several Thorius, as did Jim. I then
worked one large (~ 2' diameter) log -
peeling bark & rolled it & got ~ 15 more.
Then by splitting the log along its pre-
formed cracks I got at least 15 more -
it was literally packed w/ Thorius. Also under
the bark of this log I got one small, all-
black Pseudoeurycus. No others were seen.
The log certainly had many more Thorius, but
we took off - always drive back in the
dark on a treacherous road.