Field notes, v4227
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Joao, Sean 2010 Journal Cerro Baul, Chiapas, Mexico (cont) July 14 ... very active; if there are other similar caves, there may be large numbers of them here. We then continued uphill through a shaded coffee plantation and broadleaf (some oak?) forest w/ big bromeliads, finally arriving at the antennas on top of Cerro Baul! This area was burned in the past and has scattered pine + cypress trees laden w/ bromeliads amidst scrub vegetation. I found several small openings to what may be caves amongst the limestone boulders covering the ground. Antonio & I opened ~40 bromeliads here 1-1-ur ~ 17:15 and 19:00 but found nothing (16.56530°N, 94.16889°W [±5m], 1966m elev). The bromeliads were completely filled w/ water and didn't even have insects in them. We walked downhill back to town in a light rain and I found a B. occidentalis crawling on a rock on the ground just after dark. Drive back to Antonio's house in Tuxtla. July 15 Selva Negra, road from Puerto Nuevo & istahuacan to Rayon, Chiapas, Mex. Got a late start, took photos + prepared specimens. I left to drive to Merida for a family vacation, stopping at Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi type locality along road to Rayon. Searched from ~ 21:00 - 21:40 in a moderate rain, but found only Eleutherodactylus (abundant, w/ many morphs). The canyon is even more altered than before and I doubt Cryptotriton still persists here.