Journal and species accounts, v1347
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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