Journal and species accounts, v1347
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Harden, James 1978 Journal vicinity of Totontepec (out of Villa), Oaxaca, Mexico 3-4 July After eating dinner in Totontepec we returned last night and worked several streams (2200-2650 m) between 3.2-11.4 mi SW of Totontepec for aquatic pseudos. We saw none, but even if they occur here I doubt that we would have seen them as the streams were full rushing, and difficult to work. Our last stop was 11.4 mi W Totontepec where we worked the roadcut for pseudos. The animals were out in the constant downpour and we collected 7 animals, 6 apparently P. "lumpy", and 1 other more slender species. This morning the rain continued heavily and we worked again for thoreis. None were found, but more pseudos were common. They were most readily found in a recently cut forest area above the road cut of last night. This is most easily reached by walking down to a few abandoned houses ~100' from the locality. There, across the road a broad dirt path leads directly to the cut area. Pseudos were found most commonly by peeling back of fallen logs. Several were often found together, and as adults and juveniles were taken. Here most animals seemed of the more slender species with only 1 or 2 "lumpy's". We stopped at one more locality at ~1 mile SW of this place (2540 m), where the road crosses