Hauken, James 1976 Journal Hotel Bettrangel, Catemaco, St. Veracruz, Mexico 4 February and found 2 B. platyactyle under one rock and one under another. Both rocks were in full sun but wet underneath. We left them continued on to Cordoba and visited two more potential localities as we left the Cordoba area but were unable to find more salamanders. We then continued to drop down into the lushly coastal plain and continue on towards Catemaco. Upon reaching Catemaco we attempted to locate Willie Staldal, our "sleazy but useful" contact. This included a visit to the rather gaunt Hotel Royal which lies outside Catemaco. Willie is not in town and we were referred to another American living here. His name is John Hailler and he lives behind the hospital at the W end of town. We spoke with him last night about ways of reaching the top of the volcano, and after speaking with a friend involved in logging here who said the best way is to take either the road or two roads leading around to the N side of the mountain and then hiking up from there. We tried the road which leads NE from Catemaco and then to the coast, but this quickly drops to lowlands after reaching a high point of ~100m just outside of Catemaco and, except for a reserve biologica