Hawken, James 1975 Jamal Panama - Cerro Pando area Cloudforest Society Cabin along road to Cerro Hueta, Nueva Sina, Chiriqui Province, Panama 13 August Logs here little but found no salamanders. Along the road as it passes through steeper slopes the forest is essentially intact except in isolated spots where some trees have been cut out. At the saddle over over the ridge, called Paso de Respingo, the ground once again is relatively level, and the trees have been cut and either cleared for farming or grazing grasses. We spent over an hour turning logs hundreds of logs in this cut-over clearing, still with stumps. At this point we headed N on the trail to the peak of Cerro Respingo which runs along the ridge running SE from the peak. Here at lower elevation the forest has been previously cut, littered by fallen logs and a few scattered tall trees remaining and the slopes densely grown to brambles. The trail then enters virgin forest which, except for isolated small cleared areas, is intact until within one hundred meters of the peak. Here the forest has been mostly cut over and is used for cattle grazing (although no cattle were seen, evidence was everywhere). Despite our turning logs along the entire trail, we found our first salamander at 2710 m. under a small rotting log 18"x6"x6" on the ground beside the trail. The salamander (adult) was discovered half-way inside a burrow ~ 2" wide