Field notes, v4228
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Pavito Jean 2012 Journal Cerro Potosi, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (cont.) Oct. 10 ... in a mixed oak-madrono-pine forest. The forest itself was very dry w/ no logs I could find; but we found 3 C. phaeus under rocks along a stream bed that was fairly humid and had some dead leaf litter. I gave up on finding P. galenae since we needed to get to Jamuapipas w/ time to see how to get to the caves near Caridad Castillo. We drove back to Jalisco, through Linares, into Tamaulipas and W from after Plan de Ayala to El Roble, El Olmo, then to La Aurora and finally to Xueyotas, which apparently only has 8-10 families. Arrived there at dark, and then let us spend the night in one of the community buildings. Apparently the road to Caridad Castillo is possible; we'll see tomorrow. It was somewhat warm on Cerro Potosi and much warmer in Tamaulipas, and sunny all day. Caridad Castillo, Mpio. Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Oct. 11 We woke up and started driving uphill at 09:15. The road started off in hardwood scrub/thorn forest, which transitioned to oak forest w/ lots of Spanish moss, agave, and cycads around 1100m. Road was possible but rough w/o 4WD; lots of very rocky spots. Once we got to the oak forest, it started to look possible for salamanders; tons of limestone everywhere. Crossed beneath a huge cliff/lodge ~1km long and continued uphill into liquidamber forest w/ some pine. This habitat looks a lot like some areas of El Cielo cl saw in 2010. Searched in a roadbank for ~5 min and found an Eleutherodactylus. Continued up; road started to get worse. Passed