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Portis, Dean
2006
Journal
Motozintla area, Chiapas, Mexico (cont)
Aug. 30 ... took the road north towards El Porvenir. We stopped at a dirt road heading S, km from Hwy 200, and searched from 1800-18450.cl found a [illegible] in a bromeliad (15.36917°N,
92.33580°W [WGS84, 1m acc.], 2041m elev.). We then drove
up the road and were dropped off at different points to search
the road bank. cl search an area with high mossy rock walls,
20.5km by road from the highway.cl found a [illegible] and
an adult B. franklini nigriflavescens on the rock wall between
2000 and 2100 (15.41922°N, 92.33464°W [WGS84, 12m acc.],
2538m elev.). Ted searched further up the road and J. debiola a
few km further down; both found nothing. We picked up Antonio,
who had found 2 Electryxyla along a stream 14.1km by road
from the highway (15.38387°N, 92.38753°W [WGS84, 15m acc.],
2259
m elev.). Finally, we searched an area 3.1km from the
highway for ~ 15 min and found another [illegible] (15.34473°N,
92.29615°W [WGS84, 9m acc.], 2063m). We spent the night in
Motozintla.
Cerro Motal, Motozintla area, Chiapas, Mexico
Aug. 31 This morning, we took the road from Hwy 200 to El Porvenir and drove
to the microwave towers at the top of Cerro Motal. Mariela
immediately found a B.f. nigriflavescens under a piece of wood at
1210 (15.42621°N, 92.3496°W [WGS84, 8m acc.], 3016m elev.). cl
found another one under a rock a few minutes later. cl searched
in excellent- looking pine forest with lots of rotting logs and moss