Field notes, v4225
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Bogota, Dean 2006 Journal Parque Natural Chicaque, San Antonio de Tequendama, Apts. Cundinamarca, Colombia Oct. 3 Yesterday morning Juan and I arrived in Chicaque, a private reserve outside Bogota. We stayed in the upper camping area. The cloud forest here is in good condition, with lots of huge tree ferns, much bamboo, and fairly large trees including some Podocarpus. There are a few birdlife but not many, and most are out of reach. We spent the day setting up mist nets for hummingbirds. Before dinner, we walked up to the mirador and I found a small Bolitoglossa (adspersa?) under a rock in a grassy area on the edge of the cloud forest, along with 3 lizards (Phyllodactylidae) at 1800. I collected the salamander (SMR164: 4.60747°N, 74.30658°W [WGS84], 8m acc.), 253m elev.). We searched from 2000-2100 with lights in the forest and on banks on the edge of the path, but found only a single Eleutherodactylus. The next day, I spent most of my time at the nets with Juan. I returned to the mirador at 14:30 and found 2 more Bolitoglossa under a single rock in a small cleared area next to the path surrounded by ferns (SMR165+167: 4.60674°N, 74.30672°W [WGS84, 9m acc.), 2584m elev.). I quickly found a 4th salamander in the same spot as yesterday; it had been extremely dry but it rained a bit this afternoon, very lightly. Two of the salamanders are light brown in color, one is darker with light bands down its body and a light tail, and one is dark brown with lighter spots, especially on the tail. I flipped more rocks in the forest but found nothing. At night, I searched the same area as last night, along the trail below the camp towards the refugio, from about 19:45-20:30 but found nothing. The evening was clear and fairly cold.