Field notes, v4228
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Ronto, Sean 2012 Journal Gorro Pingüicua, Pinal de Amoles, Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda, Querétaro, Mexico (cont.) June 7 ... turned around at a point where the forest looked nice but was dry (19.63755°N, 103.61837°W [E+10m], 2457m elev.). We drove back to Guadalajara and then on to Celaya, where we spent the night with Jorge's friend. Woke up today and visited Guanajuato briefly; then went to San Luis de la Paz. Intended to visit an oak forest near Xichú where I. cephalica have been found, but the forests near Guanajuato were completely dry so we decided to skip Xichú and went to Pinal de Amoles via Santa Catarina and Peñamiller. Just after entering Querétaro, a storm hit with very heavy [illegible] rain and hail—caused creeks to swell very rapidly along roads. Got to Pinal de Amoles found it had heavily rained so we drove to the top of Gorro Pingüicua hoping it would be better there. Climbed didn't rained much more than what we could see, but it was somewhat misty. Climbed totally dry under rocks; so we waited until 21:00 to start searching and stopped at 22:30. I found 9 Pseudoeurycea f. cephalica (clearly a new species based on phylogenetic data we have) along ~10m of stream, exactly where Alan Schnie and I found salamanders in 2010. Got one small me as + collected the rest, along with 1 Mivra got. We also got 4 P. nobilii (one very large), a Guttulus, a Plestodon, & a Acolpoda. A lot of good stream in this area seems unoccupied by salamanders, which all seem to occur along the bank at the 4-way road junction. The I. cephalica-like species has more brown dorsal coloration and a more speckled ventral than I remember from elsewhere. We camped along the road back to the main highway.