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B. Shaffer
1976
Journal
Mexico: Fortin and Cuatlupan, Veracruz.
Jan. 30-
followed it a couple of kilometers. The
road is extremely rough, wet + rotted, and we
bottomed out frequently. When we stopped
we were at the house of Victor Ceron-
in back a finca of Banana, squash, etc.
We worked the slope of the mountain, both
in and above the banana fields. It is a
fairly steep slope, with many rotten
banana logs and spots of many rocks. We employed
a kid (the son of
Victor) at 1 peso per animal to help us
out. The most abundant rept was Lineatriton,
which was found under small rocks, at
elev. 990-1060 m.
(this is basically
the spread of the area we worked- that is,
they were found everywhere). We got 10
Lineatriton- always under small to medium rocks.
B. rufescens was again found in banana axils-
7 in all elev. 980-1045 m.
Also,
I got one on the ground inside of a
dead, rotten banana log. Thamnophis were not
common. I got 2 under medium sized
rocks (revers as a Lineatriton) and Jim
got 1 in banana litter type area.
Neither Jim nor I got any snakes,
but the kid did- 5 Ninia(?)