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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.