Field notes, v4224
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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