varito, dean 2007 Journal Colson area, Depto, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Aug. 21 Yesterday, some kids brought us a bag with a bunch of Dendrobates as we were eating breakfast at Finca Nolon, getting ready to leave. We kissed them, packed, and started to drive away when a boy appeared with a bag containing an adult male and female Bolitoglossa dofleini. He didn't speak Spanish, but someone spoke to him in Kekchi and told us that his mother had found them somewhere near the road through the finca. We were extremely happy - this was the main thing Ted wanted from there, and we almost didn't get it. We drove on a fairly good and new road to Serrue Champay, where we spent about an hour; it was incredibly beautiful. We then drove to San Pedro Carcha and went to the finca of a friend of Carlos, Carlos Alvarado, just outside Carcha. He explained what we were doing and he told us that he frequently sees black salamanders around his finca (Finca Cuxmax) and on the finca where he works (Finca Rosario de Fatima). We searched at night for ~15 min but saw nothing - it was very dry. In the morning, the 3 of us plus Carlos Alvarado and Luskiers searched in a big patch of red bananas on his finca from 07:45-08:15 and found 9 B. rufescens. I was hoping for B. helminthi, but I think the elevation was too low (1240m). We then went to Finca Rosario de Fatima, where the 5 of us (minus 1 worker) opened fernelidos, searched under cover objects, and raked