Field notes, v4224
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into, Dean 2005 Journal Nov. 11 Usantar and Purulha, Apatos, El Quiche and Baja Verapaz, Guatemala. We drove N from Usantar on the road to Caracol and stopped 3.4km N of Usantar. The area had some good forest, which I searched for a while with no success; and some cornfields and open areas with a few stumps and stones. It was cool with light rain. After 40 min of searching, Ted switched to a day resident and found a B. linzoni (15.37377°N, 90.87000°W [WGS84 8m acc.], 2180m elev.). He then found another 2, plus a B. [cuchumatana] similar to those from yesterday. I found a B. linzoni in the same roadbank, as did Carlos. Lamore also collected a M. moreleti. We drove on, stopping at the highest point on the road, 6.0km N of the parque central in Usantar on the road to Caracol. This area had some good roadbanks, plus secondary forest with small trees, lots of ferns and thorny brush, and some cow pasture; I climbed up the hill through scrubby forest and crossed a fence into pasture. There was one large oak log with peeling bark, under which I found a very small adult male salamander with fully webbed feet. It was brown in color, with a blackish center with specks of a lighter color (15.[illegible]38756°N, 90.85844°W [WGS84 8m acc.], 2308m elev.). It may be the undescribed Dendrotriton sp., previously found in this area (shown on map in paper describing Triton albanti). I also found 2 frogs in holes in a small log in the pasture. I walked back to the car after 40 min to find that the others had gotten 2 B. linzoni. We left Usantar and drove on a very bad road to Purulha, near the Bishop El Azulcal. We stayed [illegible] definitely a Dendrotriton-08W