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Hanken,
James
1975
Journal
Mexico trip: Ahuacatlan area
4 May
1100 two chambers communicating with other tunnels
(cont'd) above. As this is the dry season the water
was not flowing; in the wet season the rain
from nearby mountains must fill the entire
cave and pour forth from its mouth. No
salamanders were found, but we did find
two Syrrhopus sp. returned back to the road and met Philip
& Al who not come with us to the cave.
They had returned to the tunnel and
spoke to the priest who was an American
and spoke English. The Priest knew of
the Cueva de la Iglesia, which in fact
was in the backyard of the man who had
shown us to the other cave, only 100 yds
W of the tunnel. Al had gone into it and
had collected ~10 Chiroptera, four mangipes
and 2 Syrrhopus sp.. The four of us
returned to this cave after Sam & El were
picked up and collected an additional
~30+ salamanders and three Syrrhopus
from the original cave and another
connecting with it. Both caves lay ~20'
below the surface of the ground, the former ~
12' high, the latter 1/2 25'. The former
cave lay horizontally with many