Hanken, James 1977 Journal Hotel Tala Inn, San José, Prov. de Cartago, Costa Rica 16 Sept I left Turrialba on the morning of 14 Sept for Cerro la Muerte. Working there is a patch of forest immediately NW of the junction of Horry's 2+12 in El Empalme which, while not undisturbed, has a good canopy over with abundant fallen logs + bromeliads on an E-facing slope facing a small stream. I looked in the usual spots and found 4 Bolitoglossa under small pieces of cover or near the surface of rotting logs. Nothing was found in bromeliads, or nor in cover defects in the more open areas. I continued on to Dave Wake's locality 22 km S of El Empalme where the highway crosses a river (Rio Humo?) and, on his advice walked road cuts talus. The ravine is well-forested, but steep and difficult to move in, and so I was limited to working a talus hillside covered with small undergrowth on the N of the creek and W of the road. However, by raking in the talus I found 15 Bolitoglossa in ~1 hour. They are quite variable in coloration but most have variable amounts of red coloration on the limb bases and I assume they are all B. subpalmata. I continued on to Villa Mills for lunch and then checked