Ranito, Sean 2007 Journal May 6 Laguna Chupala, Ndean chupala, Rasto, Chequirima, Jutiapa, Guatemala (cont) ... we should have taken. We parked on the W side above a small village and walked ~45min up; it was fairly steep and extremely hot. There is thick scrub all the way up to the top on this side. We had to wait at the CONAP guard station while they found someone to accompany us - it is a reserve and they were rather particular about our permits. Our guide didn't seem to care as we sat down some of the many bromeliads in cypress near the entrance, where I found a Schlunzia stauferi. We then went to the lower shore where we cut down many bromeliads but found nothing. This area has big trees with more huge bromeliads than I have ever seen. We ate lunch and then walked to just above the mirador, where I found 2 more Schlunzia in big bromeliads as it rained lightly. We walked over to the wetter, N-facing south shore and searched in bromeliads first in the natural broadleaf forest and then in the extensive area of planted cypress, but found nothing more. In all, we searched from 12:00-17:00 and probably opened >100 bromeliads. It seems like some species of salamander must be here, although perhaps not, given the extreme isolation of this forest. We could see Volcan Suchitan to the SW - this seemed like a great place to work. Gustavo said Manuel Acevedo found a Boldoglossa sp. there. This entire area needs much more exploration and I hope that I can return to Ndean Chupala. It's an incredibly beautiful place. On the way back, we collected a Bufo lutkenii in the town near Julio Vargas' house.