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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