Hauken, James 1976 Journal Casa de Miguel Cerón, Catolpan, Est. Veracruz, Mexico 31 Jan Home. We then set out for the Casa de Senor. We got lost on the way but wound up at the nearby Casa de Victor Cerón, part way up on Cerro Chicalmaltépec. This casa and associated cafetal lies on the steep N slope of the Cerro. We were given permission to walk the property for Serps, and in the next ~3 hours worked the fields planted to coffee with banana trees for shade and a few orange trees. Above the coffee is more natural forest with some add'l banana trees. The decaying rolling logs was very moist as was the inside of banana trees and under rocks in the shade. In all we found ten Lineratrition lincola all under rocks, three Thorein two under rocks and one in the litter at the base of bananas, and seven Polytoglossa rufescens (all but one in banana leaf axils, the other in a fallen banana trunk) Five banded snakes were found (Ninia according to Carlos) all under small rocks primarily in the slightly drier exposed areas above and below the banana-coffee field. One add'l snake with a spined-tail, and yellow neck ring and red center was found in a similar situation. One Anolis was found active in the bananas. We were helped in our search by