Journal 9 Sept. Volcan Berba Area the mountains, and toward the Atlantic slope. Our first site was over the top to the end of the road. We then walked about 2-3 km. and worked the forest that is all around. A serrex is very common, but unfortunately we had to let a lot of them go - it is Uriel's study site. We did get 6 which I processed, & I would like more. We got several other frogs, including a good series of El. paucicentus, which are very common. As far as salamanders go, we got 2 Oediping - I saw one in the woods while looking for Atelopus. It was under a log, & only the tip of its tail stuck out. It was very fast & hard to catch, but I finally got it - a large adult poeltzi. Uriel said that he had never seen one in the woods before, but my feeling is that he never looked. Anyway, the area is nice, & worth going back to - lots of nice mossy slopes for Oediping. We then came back over the crest & worked the pacific slope a bit - & got one more poeltzi on the other side - so they do occur on both sides. It was late, so we headed back for the Tals Inn - a good day.