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KILOMETER 63, M. C. - CUERNAVAGA HWAY, FEB 27, 1949.

THIS IS THE TYPE LOCALITY OF [underline]EUMECES
INDUBITUS [end underline] TAYLOR, SO I STOPPED ON THE WAY TO THE
HOOPERS AT CUERNAVAGA TO SEE WHAT WE COULD
FIND. IT IS IN AN AREA OF HEAVY PINE-OAK
FOREST, WITH MANY ROCKS AND A FEW LOGS. WE
COULD FIND NO LIZARDS AT ALL, ALTHOUGH IT WAS
A PERFECT PLACE FOR THEM. WE TURNED ONE
VERY LARGE LOG, AND WAGNER SAID HE SAW A "BLACK
LIZARD" RUN UNDER. WE COULD NOT RELOCATE THE
BEAST, HOWEVER. WE SPENT ONLY A FEW MOMENTS THERE
AS THE HOOPERS WAITED DINNER ON US.

KILOMETER 46, M. C. - CUERNAVAGA HWAY, FEB 28, 1949.

THIS IS AN AREA OF GRASSLANDS, WITH PINES
ON THE KNOLLS. THE GRASS IS "SACATEN", A HEAVY
BUNCH GRASS, WHICH GROWS WITH EXCEEDINGLY LONG
BLADES. I FOUND THREE SCELOPORUS UNDER
A SINGLE PIECE OF BARK ON A LARGE LOG ABOUT 3
FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, ALL 3 TOGETHER. I SAW
SEVERAL OTHER SCELOPS IN THE GRASS WHERE IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CATCH THEM. THE GRASS APPEARS
TO BE VERY DRY, BUT AT SUNRISE THE DEW IS VERY
HEAVY, AND SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IS PRESENT FOR
ANY LIZARD. MY PANTS WERE SOAKED TO THE KNEE.

THE 3 SCELOPS ARE MOST STRIKINGLY COLORED.
THE CENTER OF THE BELLY IS LIGHT ORANGE
IN 2, GREENISH IN THE 3RD. THIS LIGHT AREA IS
BORDERED IN ALL 3 BY A VERY BRIGHT ORANGE. THE
SIDES ARE BLACK WITH GREENISH SPOTS AND STRIPES.
THEY HAVE MORE OR LESS DEFINED GREEN DORSO-
LATERAL LINES. ALL HAVE A NARROW, INCOMPLETE

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BLACK NUCHAL COLLAR. ONE HAS AN ORANGE THROAT,
THE SECOND A LIGHT, FLESH COLORED THROAT, THE
THIRD HAS A YELLOWISH GREEN THROAT.

MARCH 1, 1949

TODAY WAS SPENT PREPARING FOR THE TRIP TO
VERACRUZ. I CAUGHT A SINGLE SCELOPORUS IN THE PARKING
AREA OF THE LOS ANGELES COURTS. WE DROVE TO PUEBLA AND
SPENT THE NIGHT.

MARCH 2, 1949.

LEFT PUEBLA EARLY, DROVE TO ORIZABA (MT.). THE
LOW LAND TO THE WEST OF THE MOUNTAIN IS EXCEEDINGLY DRY.
THERE WAS NO VEGETATION, AND THE VOLCANIC DUST LIES THICK
ALL OVER. THERE WAS NO WATER AND NO STREAMS. WE TRIED
TO CLIMB IT FROM THE WEST, BUT ALL ROADS LIE INCHES DEEP
IN DUST, AND THE TRUCK COULDN'T PULL IT. WE THEN LEFT
THE MOUNTAIN AND WENT NORTH TO PEROTE. WE TRIED TO CLIMB
THE COFRE DE PEROTE FROM THE CITY OF PEROTE, BUT THE
TRUCK AGAIN STALLED. WE THEN CONTINUED AROUND TO THE
NORTH, AND WENT UP FROM A SMALL TOWN NAMED SIERRA DE AGUA.
WE CLIMBED TO A SMALL VILLAGE, LOS PESCADOS, AND SPENT
THE NIGHT IN A MEADOW SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE VILLAGE.
I FOUND ONE SCELOPORUS UNDER A LOG AS WE CAME UP
THE MOUNTAIN, BUT I AM NOW HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AS TO WHICH
INDIVIDUAL IT IS. THIS SIDE OF THE COFRE HAS QUITE
HEAVY PINE COVER, AND WE ARE CAMPED NEAR A SMALL
STREAM. THERE ARE SPRINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS.