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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.