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Brod Shaffer
1976
Journal
Vicinity Zoguitlen, Est. & Pueblo, Mexico
16 Feb.
Zoguitlen, like Santos Reyes Papila, is another
mountain town off of Mex Hwy 131, and is very
similar in habitat type. Again you start at low
cactus desert ; more up to pine-oak, always fairly dry. We drove in on the dirt road
out of Coxcatlan about 14 km., then walked
+ hitchhiked into Zoguitlen, another 16 km. or
so. We planned to walk another two kms.
in some good pine slopes), but the area is cut
over for many kms. past town. Therefore, we
decided to head back out & work a few good
patches of woods that we saw. The area is big
in large very cut over pine forest, a few
good areas left. However, far to the east past
town there are still extremely extensive stands
of trees - good for a future foray. In town
I saw some tadpoles in a pool in a stream
in front of a mans house - we took 30
or so, I I still have a few alive - hopefully they will transform. We then headed out
of town - it was at least 75° F (maybe maybe
up to 85° ?) I walked ~ 9 kms. to our
1st stop - a south-facing pine & oak slope
at d. 2740 m. This was a fairly extensive
stand - much cooder than cleared areas, a wet
leaf litter, etc. I found Thoris in the novel