Field notes, v4224
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Karito, Sean 2005 Journal Part 2 Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Depto. Huehuetenango, and Zunil Ridge, Depto. Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (cont.) ...1 Mesospis moroloti (plus tail) (15.47647°N, 91.50739°W [WGS84, 7m acc.], 3302m elev.). We drove on to Huehue and turned south on the Panamericana, continuing all the way to the ridge between Quetzaltenango and Solola (Sierra Panamaquin, or "Zunil Ridge"). We stopped 13.5 km S of Cuatro Caminos to look for salamanders in a forest of very large pine trees, with some smaller broadleaf trees and Arboledos. I was looking for trunks and stones, but didn't find many to turn. I also dug in some dirt banks, which Ted later said was a good way to find salamanders here. We searched from about 5-5:45PM but didn't find any salamanders - we were surprised not to get B. rostrata or P. rex. We did collect 3 Bolgorana (14.83836°N, 91.40120°W [WGS84, 6m acc.], 3001m elev.). It was dark when we finished, so we drove north to San Marcos. We stayed in the Hotel Perez (now Hotel Villa Astor), where Berkeley people had always stayed in the '70s. It is not quite large and fancy - the President's wife is currently staying here.