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Nov. 11
Puinuká, Depto. Baja Verapaz, Guatemala (cont.)
... at the Posada Montaña del Quetzal, which had some forest behind it. The undergrowth had been mostly cleared, and was replaced by grass, but there were large trees with many bromeliads and epiphytes and large tree ferns. We searched in the forest from about 6:30 - 8:15 PM, cl found 2 Bolitoglossa mariana on the ground, and Ernesto found 2 Hyla (15.17752°N, 90.26338°W [WGS84, 27m acc], 1643m, elev.).
Nov. 12
Puinuká and mountains of Alta Verapaz, Depts. Baja and Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
We spent 40 min in the morning searching logs and stumps near the highway on the property of Posada Montaña del Quetzal, in a rather small area of forest. Though the stumps looked perfect for salamanders, we found none, though Carlos did get another Bolitoglossa. We looked for a good area outside the Biotope where we could collect, but saw none. We drove N towards Coban and turned off at Rte 7E towards some mountains. We wanted to drive over the mountains to the N, but were told it would take 3 hrs to get to the top. We drove part of the way but saw only cafetales - the high areas looked great and forested but were too far. We stopped in checked some bananas <1km N of Tucurú, and cl found an adult Bolitoglossa under a banana leaf (15.29289°N, 90.11205°W [WGS84, 10m acc], 448m elev.). We then drove back to Guatemala City - cl fly out tomorrow.