Journal and species accounts, v1347
Page 367
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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