Hauken, James 1975 Journal Panama - Cerro Pando area Wild Andean Society Cabin along road to Cerro Punta, Nueva Segovia, Chiriqui Province Panama 13 August to which it then retreated before being caught. At this point the forest was dense with enormous oak trees reaching over one-hundred feet in height, with a dense understory of dominated by bamboo. Ground temp. beneath the log was 11.8°C. Only three more salamanders were found (all juveniles) in the cut over area grown to thickets and used for cattle grazing near the goal. I first uncovered one as a juvenile (<20cm SL) under a strip of bark under an enormous fallen log at 2760 m. Using my potato sack as a wedge I broke open the log and found an adult coiled in a burrow ~1' into the log. This burrow was apparently made by a large black beetle (family Passalidae) which we find common in this area. Shortly farther up the trail, at 2780 m. I found another juvenile under a rolling log 5'x6"x6" along the path. These salamanders are all apparently Bolitoglossa compacta, taken previously only on the N slope of Cerro Pando. Ground color in all individuals was black, with dull orangeish coloration forming almost a broad dorsal band on one adult, while some reduced to irregular blotches on other adult. Both juveniles appeared as smaller versions of the latter. The body shape was robust with the