B. Stiffu 1976 Journal En. Route to Las Uvas, Est. Puebla + Veracruz, Mexico. 17 Feb. there are still many bromeliads we couldn't see before, & a good view of Orizaba - complete w/ snow. We continued on to Fortin, & we stopped at our old local locality outside of town to look for more Boltaxas platyphylla. We got no salamanders, but did get another dark snake w/ orange neck-band, & a nice large red + blue ringed snake- both under the same stone. We also drove on- on the way to Huatusco. We passed thru a nice Cupetule on the west side of the road 5.0 km. N. of Huatusco, & stopped to poke around. It was very dry & hot, but Jim got 1 B. platyphylla under a log- nothing else was turned up. We left after ~ 1/2hr. & moved on; at the turn of Totutla, we saw a new road that would cut many kms. off out of our trip, so tried it - it is newly pop paved & fast - an excellent road. This area is very interesting - at first it was : fairly mesic- much like the mapu valley, w/ stands of oaks, pasture land, etc. w/ many cupetules. However, after after the town of Tlatetela, it becomes much drier. The elev. is 1150 m. & you start to hit more of chaparral - few oaks, & lots of cleared land. The bottom of the valley is at 680m.- here it