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Hauken
James
1976
Journal
2 February Hotel Sacre, Guided O Tututepec, Ed. Oaxaca Mexico
especially under fallen Bromeliads. They were
definitely not easy to come by, as we spent much
time looking in seemingly prime bad microhabitats.
I was impressed with the nature of the forest where
the Proius was found, as it appeared to be a
true lowland-type tropical rain forest; I had
only been previously through of them in more
temperate climates. The road which we took
from the agricultural fields into the forest and
up the mountain was a cattle trail leading
to a watering tank along a stream at 1000 m.
One P. welleri was found under a rock beside
the stream. Possibly this is the watering hole cited
by Shannon & Weber as the locality for
P. moreletti. We examined the area carefully
but could find no other salamanders.
Bromeliads were not encountered in
the forest after the locality at the lower edge of the
forest. At 1000 m we came to the end of the
cattle trail which we had followed through
the forest. It ended at the edge of a stream
We continued on from the watering hole along
a foot path through lower forest to a
height of ~1200 m. at which point we decided
to turn around. P. welleri were still
being found commonly. Our return