Photo, Year 2005 Journal El Cariche, Npio. Fajio, Depto. Cundinamarca, Colombia Sept. 28 I arrived in Bogota, Colombia on the night of Sept. 25. The next morning, Juan Paeira and I drove north to a small private nature reserve, El Cariche, just west of Fabio. Juan is working on his hummingbird project there. We set up his nets in the afternoon in a dwarf forest with lots of orchid shrubs and small trees, many ferns, lots of bromeliads, more Espeletia and a carpet of moss. I opened a few bromeliads and searched briefly but found nothing. After dinner, we walked to the Rio Chico, which begins at the reserve entrance and has a much taller forest with cedar trees, big ferns, and many bromeliads. The forest only covers the bottom and sides of the canyon and is bordered by eucalyptus. We searched from 2000-2300 along the creek but found nothing. There were two small waterfalls along the creek with excellent looking moss-covered walls that seemed perfect for salamanders. The next morning, I helped Juan with mist netting and we caught several hummingbirds. I searched for about 2 hours in bromeliads, but most were quite full of water and I found nothing. It seems very dry here and the carpet of moss on the ground was only barely moist. At 1500, I found a Phrynosaurus under a shrub and collected it for Juan's friend Rosario who studies this group (SMR 163: 4.93007N, 74.91208W [WGS84, 29macc], 2875m elev). I searched in bromeliads a bit more, and after dinner we returned to the mossy cascades along the creek and searched for ~45 min but found nothing. The day was sunny and fairly warm. This morning, I searched along the creek in logs, bromeliads and under rocks for ~45 min but found nothing. We must rested until noon and then drove back to Bogota.