Hankar, James 1975 Journal Panama - Boquete area Hotel Fundadores, ~1100 meters Boquete, Chiriqui Province, Panama 16 August In terms of vegetation, the original forest is almost entirely absent from the lower slopes along the road where there is extensive agricultural development for the growing of coffee, potatoes, corn and other crops. The only original forest remains in isolated clumps along the rivers W of Boquete, and on the steeper slopes. At around 2200 m the original forest seems intact with the road removal the only cutting off being apparently for road-making purposes. Away from the road the original forest comes in at lower elevations, however the slopes are very steep and are dissected by deep ravines; access would be difficult. Except for turning rods and logs along the disturbed area at roadside, there proved to be few areas allowing which we were able to search for salamanders. The lower slopes and level areas were mostly used for agriculture and few trees remained. As already mentioned the forested areas were steep with deep ravines, and thickly forested; whenever these areas were entered and cover objects turned no salamanders were found. The first ones we encountered in a secondary growth oak forest where