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notes, Dean
2009
Journal
(cant.)
Jan. 8
Fencer discansan, or Yalambojach - Rio de Oro? People: Hualvetango; Gustonba
... found a small Bolitoglossa (referrera?) under a log; during the rest of the day, cl found several more under logs, in bromeliads, under a rock along the road and even in a rot mass of some weeds along the road. This species appears to be extremely abundant here. The loggers have left many woodpiles lying around, and Jacobo found another Bradystoma in one of them; cl found another at 09:40, when Ted and Carlos arrived. Carlos and cl each found 1 more under logs in the woodpile-the logs are on top of a carpet of sawdust, and thus are quite damp underneath. Ted declared he wouldn't leave the area until he found me, even if it meant staying extra days. We spent the rest of the day searching for woodpiles, which we then let Ted search while we waited. Carlos found another Bradystoma under a board, and cl got 1 in a log. We spent several hours like this, and then went to the nearby town of Bendición de Dios around 16:30 to ask permission to search along the Rio Daneapitch, the type locality of Hyla dendrophasma, at night. They said yes so we returned at 19:00 and went to the creek with a man from town. We searched along the river from about 19:45-20:45, in both 2° forest, farmland and some remnant forest with big trees and bromeliads. cl caught a Bana virillanti (saw/heard many more) and a small Hyliid (Physchihyla?) of the same species cl found yesterday in a bromeliad. Ted and Carlos each got a Plectrohyla. We then walked from the town to the "Laguna Bareria", which turned out to be a lake in the middle of a cow pasture (with some liquidambar trees) and Bana. This took a long time, and we drove back to Yalambojach. The weather was very dry tonight - not the best for finding amphibians.