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MARCH 5, 1949. COFRE DE PEROTE

TYPE 6: THIS SALAMANDER IS REMARKABLE FOR THE
SLIMNESS OF ITS BODY, AND THE LONG, THIN LEGS. IT IS A
UNICOLOR ANIMAL, BEING A GREYISH BROWN ALL OVER. THE
LEGS ARE CONSIDERABLY LIGHRER THAN THE BODY.

MARCH 5, 1949, LAS VEGAS.

WE WENT FROM COFRE TO THE VILLAGE
OF LAS VEGAS, AND THEN 2 MILES FURTHER DOWN
THE HIGHWAY INTO A LARGE PEDREGAL - A LAVA
FLOW, LONG SINCE SOLIDIFIED & COOLED.

BEFORE WE GOT LOCATED AND SETTLED IT WAS
5 O'CLOCK, SO I USED THE EVENING TO FIX THE
SALAMANDERS GOTTEN THAT MORNING.

MARCH 6, 1949 - LAS VEGAS.

I STARTED OPERATIONS THIS MORNING ON A
SMALL HILL WHICH HAD DIVIDED THE LAVA FLOW, AND
HAD NO LAVA ON IT, BEING AS AN ISOLATED ISLAND.
I TURNED HARDLY 3 LOGS BEFORE I FOUND A
CONOPSIS, DEEP IN THE ROT OF THE LOG. IT WAS
VERY PASSIVE, AND MADE NO ATTEMPT, TO BITE,
BUT DID TRY TO BURROW. I FOUND ONE OF THE
STRIPED SCORSPORUS UNDER ANOTHER LOG. THIS
WAS ALL I FOUND IN THE AREA OUTSIDE THE LAVA FLOW.
THE TREES IN THE LAVA WERE HEAVILY COVERED WITH
BROMEGLADE, ALL FULL OF WATER, SO I SPENT 2 HOURS
TEARING THEM APART, LEAF BY LEAF, I DIDN'T FIND
A SINGLE THING, MY EXPERIENCE WITH PEDREGAL IS THAT
IT IS AWFULLY SHORT ON REPTILE 7 AMPHIBIAN LIFE, AT
LEAST AT THIS SEASON.

THE LAVA FLOW CAME DOWN A SMALL VALLEY,
AND THE HOLES WERE NOT COVERED, AFTER MUCH WORK

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IN THE PEDREGAL, I WENT OVER TO THIS UNCOVERED HILL.
I FOUND A TOLUCA AND 2 STRIPED SCELOPORUS UNDER LOGS
THERE. THE TOLUCA WAS IN THE ROT OF THE LOG, THE
SCELOPS MERELY UNDER THEM.

MARCH 7, 1949
WE WENT FROM HERE TO AFTER SPENDING NIGHT IN VACAPA. PLAN DEL RIO,
THE LOWEST SPOT WE HAVE HIT YET. IT IS ABOUT
800 FT. IT IS IN FAIRLY FLAT COUNTRY, INTO
WHICH THE RIVERS HAVE CUT QUITE DEEPLY. THESE
DEEP CUTS HAVE WATER, USUALLY, AND QUITE OFTEN
VERDANT VEGETATION. BANANAS ARE GREEN IN THE
VALLEYS. THE HILLS ARE LIMESTONE, AND THE HIGHER
AREAS ARE VERY DRY, WITH CACTI AND SO ON.

I WENT DIRECTLY TO BANANA GROVE AT THE
FOOT OF THE HILL BELOW OUR CAMP IN THE P. M. I
SAW SEVERAL SCELOPORUS VARIABILIS ON TEH DUSTY LIME-
STONE PATH DOWN WHICH I COULDN'T CATCH. THE
GROVE WAS FULL OF FALLEN BANANA TREE BOLES,
AND WITH GOOD SIZED LIMESTONE ROCKS. ONE OF THE
FIRST ROCKS TURNED PRODUCED 3 BUFOS ^[illegible]^AND A FROG
I THINK WAS AN ELEUTHERODACTYLUS. - QUITE SMALL. THE
BUFOS FOLLOWED A HUGE TARANTULA DOWN A SHORT
HOLE, BUT THEY CAME OUT FAIRLY RAPIDLY. NEXT I
FOUND A LARGE FAT [illegible] UNDER A BANANA BOLE,
IN A HOLLOWED OUT SPOT. HE GAVE QUITE A SCREAM
AS I PICKED HIM UP.

I WORKED ACROSS THE GROVE TO A SMALL SPRING
ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE VALLEY, ALSO LIMESTONE,
AND QUITE DENSE WITH VEGETATION. ROCKS IN THE
IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE SPRING PRODUCED 2 RHADINREA,
1 OEDIPUS (FOR LACK OF A BETTER NAME), AND A
VERY LARGE CNEMIDOPHORUS. I DIDN'T GET THE LATTER
ANOTHER OF THE SMALL ELENTHS WAS UNDER A ROCK HERE.