Hauken, James 1977 Journal 5 Sept Hotel Tala clun, San José, Costa Rica clun when I arrived Saturday and we had dinner together that evening. Yesterday I made my first stab at Cerro de la Muerte', taking a bus at 9:30 AM from San José to Villa Mills or (Hotel La Georgina), the favorite locality for Bolitoglossa salipalmata. I was able to get a sample of ~25 before lunch (within an hour) in the heavily cut area just across the road from the hotel. They were found within and under logs, and under rocks & in the cut area overgrown with low shrubs. I also took some under rocks in talus by road cuts along the dirt road leading away from the highway. I docked a few bicheliads which grow on the few remaining low trees adjacent to the cleaving but found no sales. Often deforested areas are more common than forest, and I took the opportunity to walk in the forest owned by La Georgina which, although not undisturbed as revealed by several felled logs, is much more intact than the surrounding area. Salamanders were present there too, although not as abundant as in the more disturbed area. All in all, despite their abundance, they were less