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D.A. Good
1980
Journal
Gano Mogotal, Chiapas
12 December (cont)
D.S. Rogers for specifics). We finished shortly before
dusk and then set up camp + had supper. I now am
writing these field notes and I expect to go to bed as soon as
I finish, i.e., now.
December
Up 6:35 and immediately out to check the traps near
where we camped (see catalogue for specific locality). We
captured 2 species of Peromyscus here (probably P. guatemalensis
and P. boyi according to Duke Rogers). I returned to the car
c.a. 0715 and spent most of the time pulling down bromeliads until
we were to move to the next trapping site (see journal D.S.
Rogers for locality) at 0900. During this time Duke + Ed
were working around camp with the mice + getting ready to
cave. They attracted the attention of several locals who hung
around for some time.
While looking in bromeliads I found 1 salamander (see
catalogue) and 1 hybrid frog (see catalog DAG 301). Both
were in bromeliads on some species of Betulaceae (Alnus?, Betula?).
When time came to move on, we found that the truck
wouldn't start (some problem w/ the battery) so we flagged
down the first passing truck + they tried to jump-start us
w/ a makeshift jumper cable made from the wire from a
transformer Duke had for keytyping. This failed to work and
it was the general consensus that there was some other problem
w/ the electrical system than a dead battery. Therefore Duke
got a ride down to Motojintla with another truck to look for
a mechanic. As it turned out another truck came by [illegible]