Guatemala field catalog and journal, v4288
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vius types (prob. species), plus skinks, toads and a Sceloporus-like grey lizard which I collected none of. The forest was almost exclusively pine except for occasional deciduous trees which were invariably covered with thick moss + ferns. There were fallen logs strewn everywhere, many of which appeared partially burnt. The ground was covered with thick sphagnum type moss, a tougher compacter moss, and low (1") leaved green plants. were The ground was flat. All was covered with a top layer of pine needles. The ground was smooth in places, interrupted by rock outcroppings and low rocky hills. Salamanders were found under logs, under bark on logs, under bark on stumps, and inside rotten logs. Both types were found together in the second and third situations. Only the unstriped type was found in the first situation, and only the striped, web-footed type was found in the fourth. In the first situation only once were two salamanders found together under the same log, a large and a small individual. All specimens were collected in an approximately 3 hr. period and within a 200 ft. radius circle.