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Carito, Bear
2007
Journal
Iadegama Sec, to Tres Glincos, P.I. La Amistad, Prov. Puntarenas,
Costa Rica (cont.)
Dec. 22 ... diversity of this area seems to be higher than above.
Atracia a bird, not just for herbs but also for invertebrates
in bromeliads and plants. There is more of an understory
here of small trees and shrubs, along with some Chusquea,
and many more bromeliads. From this point, we walked further down
and the forest changed to just oak trees, Chusquea and small
golms - it didn't look very good for salamanders and we had
already searched unsuccessfully in the leaf litter here on Dec. 16.
Near the edge of the primary forest, we came to an area of
forest with stand of bromeliads on the ground and a few very low
in small trees. We opened 34 bromeliads here. Hugo found a tiny
Bolitoglossa with a brown dorsal and a gray unspotted venter; it
may be a juvenile of another species. He and Hinds each got a
big adult of the species with white spots on the venter (9.1239 13'N,
83.06758'W [WGS84, 13 mace], 2165m elevar), I am surprised
that we haven't found anything under logs today - seems like some
salamander should be there. We walked out of the forest and back
to Tres Glincos. After a dinner of toast and more wine,
Cachii and I prepared all the specimens. We finished at
midnight, so I didn't go out into the forest to search.
I think we had a very successful trip overall.