Field notes, v4224
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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