Field notes, v4228
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Points, Dear 2011 Journal Pavos de Colima, Jalisco, Mexico (cont.) Oct. 24 ... to keep walking down the road while the rest of us drove back uphill to a side road that goes S from the road we came in on. We parked and searched from 12:30-13:30 in logs, leaf litter along road, under rocks. The habitat here is dense oak forest + everything seems more humid- looks like good Batrachoseps habitat; Omar got an Eleutherodactylus mineriensis under a log along the road. Went back for lunch, after which all 5 of us drove back to where we were before lunch, went about 500m more + took another turnoff downhill. This road appears to pass some houses and goes all the way downhill according to Ted. Parked near first house + searched from 16:00-19:06. Cl got 2 Plestiodon under boards (saw a third) in open oak forest. Much of this forest appears to have been burned at some point not in the last few years. Cl went further downhill through an open oak forest with a dense but low + scrubby understory, and then downhill into a canyon with very steep sides. The habitat at the bottom was quite mesic, with big oaks, some pines, and lots of rotten logs + thick leaf litter. Searched here for ~30 min around 2300m elev- looked really good for Batrachoseps; left when it got too dark to see well; saw two foxes (cl think) running up road. After dinner, searched along side road where we were this morning from 20:30-21:30 w/o success; seemed drier than last night and somewhat windier. Temperature was again in low 20's C during the day and maybe 5-7 C at night.