Field notes, v4226
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Roits, Sean 2008 Journal May 30 La Union, Depto, Zacapa, Guatemala Yesterday, we drove out of the Sierra de las Minas and tried to reach Chelenhá by way of Jucurú. It rained all day and we made it to the turnoff from the main road from Jucurú, about an hour drive from Chelenhá. The road here was very muddy and we got stuck, at which point we realized that the plastic mud chains we had were worthless. We put the metal ones on and eventually got out, with some help from a local man. We decided to turn back and made a long trip back to the hotel near Río Hondo. The forest on the way to Chelenhá is badly degraded or completely gone. We drove to La Union, Zacapa this morning and searched in the forest near the high point on the road SE of town from 13:00-16:00, but found nothing. The ground was full of water so we focused on logs and leaf litter. There were many birds singing, none of which I could identify. We came back after dark and searched in the forest with lights from 18:45-20:15 in the rain. I found a Geogaster (which escaped) and then a Bolitoglossa conanti on a tree, and saw 2 small rodents. Carlos then found a Crumptitira morgani walking on the ground! I cannot believe we finally found this species after five tries. I quickly found another 2 walking up mossy tree trunks, one near the base of a larger tree and one at about eye level on a smaller tree. Carlos also found 2 more on tree trunks. All the individuals we found were small to very small, but appear to me to be adults. They have grey ventral coloration like C. versipax or C. nasalis and at least 1 has a light