Hanken, James 1975 Journal Panama : Panama City -> Boquete, Perez. Hotel Fundadores, Boquete, Chiriqui Province, Panama 15 August passes through a deep road cut in a disturbed savannah-like area with cleared fields for cattle grazing and scattered clusters of trees. The snake was Masticophis-like with a long, slender body ~5' long, smooth scales, but with a definitely different head shape (the supratemporal scales appearing almost to form a "shelf" over each eye). The dorsum was dark green which gradually lightened on the lower half of the first scale row until near all but the lateral edges of the ventral scutes were pale green. The snake was found at ~ 4 PM and was not at all stiff or deadly run over, i.e. appeared to have just recently been hit. Hotel Panamita, Boquete, Chiriqui Province, Panama 16 August 10PM Again no salamanders. After spending part of the morning arranging for someone with a land Rover to drive me up the Volcan Chiriqui road tomorrow, I headed East of Boquete to look for salamanders in the Cerro Palo Alto area. After crossing the bridge E from the Central Square I took the river road N from Boquete, but turned East at the first fork towards Buenos Aires. I was able to drive than elevation of 1490 m before the road was too difficult for my VW. From here I walked on along the "jeep road" as it ascended