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Horts, Sean
2005
Journal
Road from Aldea de Concepción to Yulhutzy, Chichas area,
Depto. Huchuetanango, Guatemala (cnt)
Oct. 31 ... forget that we had visited yesterday - I think we
would have had to go further down the road. The area we
were in was mostly farmed and didn't look the best for
salamanders. We stopped searching at about 8PM and drove
back to Barrillas.
Nov. 1 Barrillas to San Juan Chigay, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes,
Depto. Huchuetanango, Guatemala
We left Barrillas at about 10AM and went to the cemetery
to see the "Día de los Muertos" celebrations. It was really
quite a big deal - all the graves were decorated, people had been
there all night in houses made of palm fronds, and there was
food and marimba music. We left at 10:30AM [illegible] and drove
back to San Mateo Chixtatar. We stopped 1.9km S of San Mateo
Chixtatar and searched for about 45 min in some pine forest and
grassy areas (15.8287°N, 91.47854°W [WGS84, 7m acc], 2705m elev).
I found a B. hortweigi in a dirt bank along a path. The others
found 17 B. rostrata, including one near two clutches of eggs,
as well as 1 Bufo bocourti, 3 Megascio mabeli, 1 Odyspes
"crassulus", and 1 Deleperusa. [illegible] The B. rostrata
were all found in rotting logs and stumps. We
drove further along the road and stopped about