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Rivita, dear
2012
Journal
Oct. 11 Cueva Castillo, Mpio. Hualyos, Tamaulipas, Mexico (cont)
... for perhaps 70-80m. lots of cool cave formations, pockets, some stats.
Maria found a big Christobitron on the cave wall. Kind of
reminds me of C. madawini; big feet, slender, really long tail.
Could perhaps be the species we got in caves in El Cobre, or
C. multifidus. I found an Eleutherodactylus that escaped. Driving
up today, we stopped and searched in a series of small mines and
found 2-20 (or more) Eleutherodactylus on the walls; they seem
abundant in the area. After Cueva del Brujer, we went to another
large cave that was darker and darker (when I entered by day).
I found another Christobitron on the ceiling of a small side
chamber. I went in one more small cave with a really tight entrance
and tons of stalactites but found nothing more. All together, we
searched from 21:45-23:45, at which point we walked back to
camp. It had been cloudy most of the day and warm, with
a brief, light rain around 16:00, but cleared up by night and was
a bit cool, perhaps around 20°C. A spectacular view of the stars.
Wish we could stay here longer. Obviously many more caves to
explore, and the road continues to Yerba Brava and Los San Pedros,
both of which have caves, and also continues over the crest of the
Sierra to Nuevo Leon.
Oct. 13 San Antonio de los Alzanzas, Coahuila, Mexico
Yesterday we woke up, decamped and drove down to the main road; took
just over 3 hours. Drove to Huaygos and then on to main highway to
Durango. I wanted to get to the last site today, E of San Antonio
de los Alzanzas, Coahuila. Took highway towards Monterrey, then