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B. Shiff
1976
Journal
Mexico: Mexico, Puebla
29 Jan.
very thin, & the general body is stout, w/ a large head. The toes are diminutive, unwebbed,
and pointed.
note: all elevations are relative, & will have
to be adjusted when a known elevation is found.
This d. 3050-3100 m.
City of Puebla - 2100 m.
Rio Frio (church) - 2900 m.
30 Jan.
Mexico - Veracruz, Fortin and Cuatlapa -
We went into Fortin for breakfast, and
while trying to find some ice went out
Av. I Poniente, to the western edge of town.
Here we turned some rocks and about
30-40 flagstones - under one of these I got
a B. platyductyla. It was moist but not
really wet, about 10:30 AM. No other herps were
seen. We bumped into a man & his son,
and agreed to pay for salamanders at
the end of the day. (They got none.) Then
went to meet Carlos at Cuatlapan.
He was at the sugar factory, and Miguel
was also out. We talked w/ Carlos's wife,
then went to find the banana & coffee
finca locality west of town. A dirt road
goes west at Carlos's house, and we