1983 21 January It is steaming in somewhat of a plume, and at (continued) first glance I am taken aback that it is on fire! Saw three other little lime green Atelopus, all on boulders in the stream. None move until I am very close, then both jumped in water and swam rapidly to another rock & climbed out. Cathy got two and Richo got ~6 little lime green ones and one of the larger variegated Atelopus -- either these are separate species or respectively males and females. Because of the collecting limit I released all the little ones except the ? I caught calling. When placed in bag w/ the bigger Atelopus, it clasped me for remainder of trip. at 1/47 h, as we packed, an Ameiva w/ bright middlearm stripe cruised through our sunlit clearing. We walked south on a little trail. at 1/22 h, 2140'el, we saw white faced monkeys. at 1/245h, 2240' el., we reached a "carriel" (broad cut track) that is the E boundary of the Zona Protectora. Eladio cuts a 1.5 m section of a 4" thick "agua" vine [retrace] w/ two swipes of his machete, and we drink the slightly sweet and abundant liquid that flows from it. Nearby Eladio points out a place where 2' or so of leaves are scraped up and aside and says this is where a Tigre, Felis onca, rested. at ~1300' we reached the bottom of the Rio Guacino gorge at an el. of 2220'. Here there're bottom is large sheets of rock, not boulders; lots of moss. We