Field notes, v4226
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with Sean 2007 Journal Dec. 22 La Laguna deca to Juan Gutierrez, P.I. La Cristaled, Par: Punkenas, Costa Rica (cont)... (9.16394°N, 83.03286°W [WGS84, 20m acc.], 2550m elar). We opened 9 bromeliads at this site. We continued on to the base of Cerro Pelon, where we opened 22 bromeliads; someone found a Thoraps pachypus on the ground (I think). On the top of Cerro Pelon, we opened 5 bromeliads and found an adult and a juvenile bl. picadori (9.16374°N, 83.03416°W [WGS84, 10m acc.], 2525m elar.) and a Thoraps pachypus (not collected) in a short secondary forest (I think this area was burned in the past). Coming down from Cerro Pelon, I opened about 10 bromeliads and found 1 a Bolitoglossa sp. of the same species that I got on Dec. 16 lower down - it has no white spots on the ventor. I now agree with Cachi that there are 2 species in our sample from this area. One has white spots under its tail and on the posterior part of the venter and is more distinct, while the other has only tiny dots of light color (no white spots) on a dark ventor, a narrower head and is thinner. We opened 33 bromeliads total in this area. We continued on to an area with many bromeliads, mostly on the ground, and opened 67 of them. I found a beautiful Bolitoglossa with a broad yellow dorsal band (9.16092°N, 83.06531°W [WGS84, 17m acc.], 2450m elar.) in a bromeliad on the ground. It has white spots on the venter and, except for the stripe, looks like the other salamanders with the white spots. All of the salamanders we are getting have similar feet, so it is hard for me to tell which are different species, until their coloration seems to be so variable. In any case, the