Hanken, James 1975 Journal Mexico trip : Cd. Vallarta - fire station W of El Naranjo 8 May 0800 An electrical plant at the falls, and the water (cont'd) is also piped out of the area from here. The falls were not "falling" but there were several large pools of water below the falls. I do not know if the falls are active in the wet season or if all the water is diverted. Surrounding the falls area is deciduous forest, albeit dry. In the area of the falls where there isn't human development is a lush forest, albeit dry, of tall forest trees in leaf with a dense understory. Leaf litter is extensive, often reaching several meters in depth. The forest was foraged through for several hours by raking leaf litter, turning logs, etc., but no Anechotropis was found. The falls, incidentally are an Anechotropis locality as reported by Dixon. Some students collected several tadpoles (Rana) in the adjacent backwater of the main river channel. From El Salto we continued W to 2 mi. W of El Naranjo, another Anechotropis locality. But present this is a several-times- burned-over thorn forest, dominated at present by palms, several leaf tall mature trees, and smaller, younger plants.