Field notes, v4224
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Ronto, Dean 2005 Journal Caxaque and Ojo de Agua, near San Marcos, Depto. San Marcos, Guatemala Mar. 4 We drove NW out of San Marcos to the small village of Caxaque, and then took a dirt road uphill and parked near a small mine ~1km N of Caxaque. We were trying to reach El Rincon, the area where many Pseudemycea were collected in the past. We opened a bromeliad near the car and found 3 adult B. lincolnii (14.97398°N, 91.82202°W [WGS84, 6m acc.], 2506m elev.) as well as a M. moreletii on the ground. We walked upslope to a small saddle with a cornfield and then turned left (W) and started walking uphill; we walked through a forest with many [illegible] large pine trees and some bromeliads. We started turning stones and I found an adult B. lincolnii under a rock and a juvenile B. morio in a bromeliad on the ground. Ernesto found a juvenile B. morio and a large adult female B. morio guarding a clutch of eggs under rocks (GPS of general area - [illegible] 14.97398°N, 91.82284°W [WGS84, 9m acc.], 2782m elev.). We later found 4 more B. morio and B. lincolnii in this area. Continuing uphill, there began to be more bromeliads in the trees which we chopped apart to look for salamanders. Carlos and Gabriela found 2 more B. lincolnii in bromeliads (14.97849°N, 91.82655°W [WGS84, 10m acc.], 2890m elev.). Jed had gone further uphill, and Ernesto remained below. Carlos, Gabriela and I followed a path to the top of the hill, where there were large, more isolated broadleaf trees laden with bromeliads. We found Jed at