DA Good 1981 Journal Vista Hermosa, Oaxaca 2 January Weather today cloudy all day - foggy and raining in the mountains. Also cold. By road Vista Hermosa to 0.8 mi N summit Hwy 175, Oaxaca 3 January Up ca 0700, Duke went out to pick up his troops (caught Heteromys, Oryzomys, Peromyscus) while Ed + I loafed. When he returned ca 0800 we had breakfast and then spent the rest of the morning preparing specimens till ca 1130. We then packed up + drove S to 0.8 mi N summit Hwy 175 where we again stopped beside the road ca. 1400. Salamanders at last! Ed + I went out following lunch and turned over logs in the forest nearby and found 2 spp of salamanders, one of which is a Thorius and the other I can't identify. I spent the rest of the afternoon looking for more while Ed + Duke set out troops. I caught a total of 1 specimen of the Undifferentiated sp. and 6 Thorius. Ed caught 1 Thorius (Undifferentiated salamander = DAG 325, Thorius = DAG 326-332). The habitat at the salamander locality is elfin forest with moss growing on everything and pines sticking up here + there above the canopy. The W-faring slope is much drier and more open than the E which has very dense undergrowth. I spent some time on each slope and only found salamanders on the "dry" slope. The Thorius seem to prefer logs which are more rotten than is usual. Otherwise they remind me a lot of Betriaclioseps.