B. Shortfu 1976, Journal Feb. Mexico: Veracruz, vicinity Cerro Orizaba. (Note: When we collected at El Berro, Carlos told us it was ~ 3 1/2 hrs. by foot to the top of *Orizaba- this about 15 km.) (see Jim Hanken for map of this place). Feb. Mexico: Veracruz, en route to Volcan San Martin. We woke up & worked the coffee + banana finca at the edge of Fortin. basically the same area as before. In the banana fields I got an Electrodostylus (?) and one Lixenitron , + Jim got 2 Lixenitron + 2 Polityglossa reflexens in banana plants. The Lixenitron, as always, were under rocks. We then walked along a path through the bananas, were I turned a lot of rocks. Under them I got 3 snakes + one Bofo - it is not a marinus, & has large, very distinct cranial crests. We left after a couple of hours & headed for Veracruz. 4.1 km. east of Fortin we worked a vacant lot for more platydactyla- I got none, but Jim got 3, under 2 rocks next to each other. They were in the open, totally exposed. We were told that salvadores are common under rocks, but when it is wetter-in May + June. We left & headed on to Veracruz, then south to Caturmeras.