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Plants, Dean
2005
Journal
Nov. 4
Coxaque and Ojo de Agua, near San Marcos, Depto. San
Marcos, Guatemala (east)
...
and I got out east of town while the others went back to the
same spot as before. It was still raining and we found 3
B. morio out on the bank. Before a truckload of men armed
with machetes asked what we were doing and made us ride with
them to find the others. One of them was the alcalde from the
town. When we found Fred, they told us that the area where
we were was dangerous, that we should have asked permission
and that we had to leave. In a little over 30min of searching,
we found 3 B. morio E of town (14.92843N, 91.82578W [WGS84,
10m acc], 2512m elev.) and another B. morio at the site
W of town where Fred, Malvilda and Carlos worked. We didn't
find any B. linckii or B. franklini, unfortunately.
Nov. 5
Lachijuar and Finca Santa Julia, Depto. San Marcos, Guatemala
We decided to start at high elevation today to find B. rastrota
and P. rex. We drove from San Marcos towards Volcan
Fajamules and stopped at the turnoff for the town of Fajamules
from the highway between San Marcos and Jucura. Some local
people who we showed photos of P. rex to said they saw it in
Yasay in the forest, a 2hr walk uphill from where we were. We
looked around the area for 60min, but the areas with stones