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Porto, Sean
2011
Journal
Aug. 10 Estancia Biologica Chandler Ristling, Cerro San Hil, Depto. Chyabal, Guatemala.
We spent the morning photographing + preparing specimens. After lunch,
we walked uphill past the stream with the waterfall + searched in logs
and leaf litter on the path from ~ 14:30-16:30. There were tons of
pratt logs in the area but I found nothing. Gabriela got a juvenile
Ptychoglossus in a leaf axil, and Carlos got an Anolis capito on a log.
After dinner, I went out alone and searched along the stream that
leads to the Rio Caribowies. On the way down to the stream, near the field
station, I got 3 Craugastor laticeps. Along the stream, I got a Bolitoglossa
rufescens on a leaf next to the stream and an Aniligus boudinii on
vegetation over the stream, both near the edge of the forest. Walked back
through the river to the path from the road up to the station. Did a
dawn walkout in regenerating vegetation above the river, then saw
nothing more. All told, searched about 20:50-22:30. Weather today
was hot and dry, clouding over in the evening. Rained as I was
falling asleep, 1/8/br at 01:00-01:00.
Aug. 11 Cerro San Hil, Depto. Chyabal, Guatemala
After breakfast, Carlos and I went with a guide, Antonio, to reach
the high point of Cerro San Hil (1275m). We drove to a cattle ranch
2-3 km past the turnoff to the field station on the road from Los Angeles,
down to the Rio Caribowies and parked at the river. Started hiking
at 08:30; first part uphill was steep + in full sun. On the way up,
we got into an area w/ some decent looking forest and Carlos caught a Microcynus
diastema on the path. We continued through forest patches and grassy areas
to a cluster of houses known as Sanpino (was inhabited by only 1 family)
arround 1000m eler. Continued uphill on a rougher trail that got into