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MARCH 17, 1949. - CERRO SAN ANDRES

NOTES ON FROG BEFORE PRESERVATION (HYLA LAFRENTZI)
GOLDEN-ORANGE COLORED AROUND PAIRED DARK SLITS ON BACK. THE ENTIRE
ANIMAL HAS A GOLDEN SHINE IN THE OLIVE GREEN SKIN. THE
GROUND COLOR IS LIGHT GREEN, THE SIDE STRIPE IS BROWNISH-
GREEN, THE DORSAL SIDE OF THE FINGERS AND TOES IS QUITE
GOLDEN COLORED. - OR BRONZY.

MARCH 19, 1949 - CERRO SAN ANDRES
DROVE TO TOWN FOR SUPPLIES WITH MCVAUGH, SO THAT
I COULD COLLECT LOWER DOWN. AFTER GOING TO TOWN
WE WENT BACK UP THE MOUNTAIN TO A STREAM AT 7,800
FEET. CHIEFLY PINE, WITH SOME OAKS. FLOOR WAS HEAVILY
COVERED WITH PINE NEEDLES, AND THERE WERE QUITE A
FEW ROCKS ON THE SLOPE, TURNING ROCKS PRODUCED A
CONOPSIS. MCVAUGH COLLECTED A SALVADORA BAIRDII AND
A HYLA [BISillegible] FOR ME ON THE SLOPES. I CAUGHT ANOTHER
OF THE SMALL HYLA, WHICH ARE EITHER LAFRENTZI OR EXIMIA.
THE HIND LEG HAS THE T.T. ART. TO THE EYE, BUT THEY ARE COLORED
EXACTLY AS THE LAFRENTZI FROM THE D. C.

MARCH 20, 1949 - CERRO SAN ANDRES.
WORKED UP THE CANYON BEHIND THE CAMP. THIS CANYON
IS QUITE DAMP, AND WELL SUPPLIED WITH SPRINGS. THERE
IS A FAIRLY DEEP STREAM IN IT, FLOWING RAPIDLY. SOME OF
THE SPRINGS ARE QUITE HOT, PRACTICALLY BOILING AS IT
COMES OUT. RANA PIPIENS IS VERY ABUNDANT IN THE
STREAM, AND THERE ARE MANY TADPOLES IN THE STREAM.
THERE ARE NO AXOLOTLS IN IT, HOWEVER. I GOT A SERIES
OF 21 NYLA - AGAIN THELAFRENTZI-EXIMIA THING. THEY
WERE ALL UNDER BARK ON DAMP LOGS LYING ALONG AND

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MARCH 20, 1949, CONT.
ACROSS THE STREAM. THERE WERE SEVERAL TIME 3, 4
OR 5 UNDER A SINGLE PIECE OF BARK.

TOLD AN INDIAN BOY I WANTED SOME AXOLOTLS FROM
THE LAKE AT THE RANCH, AND HE BROUGHT IN 37 SALAMANDERS
AND 4 FROGS. HE SAID THEY CAME FROM THE LAKE. THEY WERE
ALL TRANSFORMED BUT ONE.

MARCH 21, 1949, - CERRO SAN ANDRES.
WENT TO THE LAKE TO CHECK ON THE BOY. FOUND THAT
HE HAD GOTTEN THE AMBYSTOMA BY TURNING OVER ROCKS AND
LOGS AT THE EDGE OF THE LAKES THERE, NOT IN THE WATER..
I GOT AN EXTRA SERIES THERE UNDER LOGS, AS MUCH AS
300 YDS FROM THE WATER. I ALSO GOT PSEUDOEURYCEA BELLII
UNDER THE LOGS. THE AMBYSTAMA VARY MUCH IN COLOR,
SOME PRACTICALLY LACK YELLOW OTHER ARE LIBERALLY
SPOTTED WITH YELLOW. THEY ARE QUITE ABUNDANT THERE.
THERE ARE AXOLOTLS THERE ALSO, I TOOK SEVERAL FROM
THE STREAM BETWEEN THE TWO LAKES. THE SECOND
LAKE IS RAPIDLY DRYING UP, WHICH MAY BE A FACTOR IN
TRANSFORMATION. PIPIENS, PIPIENS TOADS, AND A MUCH
LARGER TOAD WERE PLENTIFUL ALONG THE STREAM AND IN
THE LAKE.

MARCH 22, 1949. ENROUTE.
PICKED UP A PITUOPHIS D.O.R.
STOPPED FOR NIGHT AT LAKE PATZCUARO.

MARCH 23, 1949 - ENROUTE.
COLLECTED A CONOPSIS UNDER A ROCK AT PATZCUARO.
HE WAS QUITE BROWN, WHILE ALL THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN
GRAY.