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Sunday D.
1982
Journal
Mexico
Aug. 30 We took the road between Zacapaxtle
and Chignahhuapan today. This road
runs east-west and is gravel and dirt
from its eastern origin ~ 3km, N of
Apulec to Tetela de Ocampo (~47km.)
and is blacktop from Tetela west to
its intersection with Hwy. 119 N of
Tlaxco (42,3km.). A total distance of
~ 90 km. The gravel/dirt portion
is quite rough in places, and is slow
going. We stopped at three places
to collect. The first was ~ 5 km. from
the eastern origin. We cut down several
lroniade (~15) along the side of a
deep gorge. We got 1 Chiapsteriten
and 1 frog. The ironiaide looked
good. The chiap, had quite large
feet and appeared to be too to be
arboreus-like. I've not seen arboreus.
The frog is peculiar looking to me,
but we know little about frogs.
Probably a hybrid. The second stop
was ~3 km. west of the first. It
was a salamander collectors dream--
many large ironiade, many downed
trees, and nice and wet. Unfortunately,
no salamanders! It seems as if