into, Dear 2008 Journal Aug. 3 Parque Nacional Laguna Lachua, Depto. Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. We left Coban around 09:00 and drove through Jucurel, Colmar and Chicoc to Parque Nacional Laguna Lachua, on the Alta Verapaz/Quiche border. We stayed in cabins for researchers at the entrance to the park, near the village of San Marcos. We arrived rather late in the afternoon and had no time to work by day. Although we could see lightning to the west, it did not rain at the park entrance. After dark we drove along the western border of the park, where we cached a Henderosophus microcephalus in some grass near a pool of water. We also heard Bufo and Hyloina latruchium fleischmanni. We walked along a trail marking the edge of the park and found 4 B. rufescens in ~25m of trail. It had rained briefly here so the forest was wet. We drove back to San Marcos and collected in a shallow marshy area along the road. We caught 1 D. microcephalus (heard many more), 2 D. elbracata (beautiful!) and 1 Halsechylo picta. It seems these frogs don't need rain to be active. We drove into the center of San Marcos (such as it is) and collected along another pond, where we got 2 Bufo laranderi, 3 D. microcephalus and 1 leptodactylus melanonotus; all near the pond or on vegetation above the water. This area must be amazing when there is a big rain. We finished collecting around 22:00. The evening was cool and mostly clear, with no more rain that I noticed.