Avita, Dean 2005 Journal Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Depts. Huehuetenango, and Quetz Ridge, Dept. Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Mon. 2 We drove back to Myritik this morning, ~9km S of San Juan Chxay (15.57384° N, 91.45886° W [WGS84], 10m acc.), 2811m elev.). We searched in the canyon below the houses and road for about 45min. There were very large oak and pine trees with ferns/moss and epiphytes in the canyon among smaller trees and undergrowth, although the surrounding areas have only small trees or are cultivated. The area was very wet and mossy, and cl found a juvenile salamander that we later decided may be *Bolitoglossa poastis* in a rotten log. Everyone left Jed stopped searching after ~45 min and went to photograph the animals we had collected in previous days, since the weather today was sunny. The others had found 1 typical B. poastis with clear brown lines down its sides and 2 B. [illegible] *poastis*?]. The kids we had left collecting bags with who lived in the houses there found us; they hadn't looked for salamanders. They were so interested in us that it was hard to take photos, so we didn't work for much longer. We drove towards Huehue to find another high elevation locality. We stopped in an area with grass, a lot of rocks and open pine forest on the high plateau, 3.4km N of the turnoff to Joded Santos Cuchumatan. We searched there for 30 min, but it was extremely dry and didn't look good for salamanders because of this. We collected 2 Scalapans (1 malachitius group) and