Paris 1942 Teiophisma assatum Hacienda Chilata, 2000', Dept. Susmate, El Salvador May 1 - May 7, 1942 The first specimen (1537) was caught in the dust by the side of a trail near a coffee grove. All the rest were taken in the dead leaves beneath the coffee bushes in the groves proper, or in piles of drifted leaves along trails passing through the coffee groves. By shuffling through the leaves, one could scare them to the top of the piles, but they would immediately disappear beneath the leaves again, progressing with undulatory movements of the body, as is typical of long-bodied, short-legged lizards. They were found to be quite common after their habitat was found, but rather hard to catch since they disappeared beneath the leaves so quickly.