Hankau, James 1975 Journal Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California 24 October 4:35 PM at 4:15 PM I went into the cold room off of the herp. lab to clean the trays and of the Panama salamanders. The lone B. compacta was found on top of a “crumpled-up” moistened paper towel which was on a flat paper towel lining the bottom of the tray. Between the sal and the paper towel was an irregularly- shaped cluster of eggs centered about her vent, i.e. she had recently laid these eggs and seemed to be still laying more. I found Sam Sweet and Kay Yancey, and Sam and I photographed the sal and eggs. The salamander didn’t move while it was being carried about in the tray, nor when it, together with its towels, was transferred to another tray. After photographing it we placed some moist towels over the sal and eggs and returned it to the cold room. An accurate egg count was difficult because of the clustered arrangement but Sam counted ~ 20. They appeared to be less than