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LOGS, USUALLY. THERE WAS NO ECOLOGICAL SEPARATION OF THESE
SPECIES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT I COULD SEE.

2 MEXICANS ARRIVED IN CAMP SHORTLY AFTER I, AND
THEY HAD A BOTTLE WHICH, BY THEIR COUNT, CONTAINED 126 LIZARDS!
WAGNER & I COUNTED THEM, HOWEVER, AND THERE WERE
62 OF THEM, ALL OF THE SAME SPECIES. OF THESE WE DISCARDED
6 AS BEING TAILLESS, THEREFORE WE DON'T BUY THEM. I
PRESERVED THE REMAINING 56.

MARCH 4, 1949 - COFRE DE PEROTE, 10,300 FT.

SPENT MOST OF THE MORNING WORKING ON THE SPECIMENS
COLLECTED YESTERDAY. AS SOON AS I FINISHED I WENT UP THE
COFRE, AS FAR AS THE VILLAGE OF LOS CONEJOS. ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF THIS VILLAGE WAS ANOTHER PINE GROVE, WITH
HEAVY NEEDLE COVER; AND SOME LOGS. I FOUND ONE SALAMANDER
OF TYPE 2 UNDER A WOOD CHIP.

I FOUND A NEW TYPE OF SALAMANDER UNDER A LARGE
LOG ALONGSIDE A VERY DRY, DUSTY ROAD. IT WAS NOT TOO DAMP
UNDER THE LOG. IT WAS THE HIGHEST POINT AT WHICH I CAUGHT
SALAMANDERS. IT IS ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE VILLAGE OF LOS
CONEJOS, WHICH I JUDGE IS ABOUT 10,500 FT.

TYPE 5: A JET BLACK SALAMANDER WITH A DORSOLATERAL
ROW OF GOLDEN FLECKS. THESE FLECKS TERMINATE IN A YELLOWISH-
GOLDEN PATCH JUST BEHIND THE "EAR". THE LEGS ARE ALSO
BLACK, MOTTLED WITH LICHEN-LIKE SILVER PATCHES. THE HEAD
IS ENTIRELY BLACK, WITH THE LIPS FLECKED WITH SILVER. THE
BELLY, CHIN, AND BOTTOM HALF OF THE TAIL ARE INKY BLACK, WITH
JUST 2 OR 3 LIGHT SILVER SPECKS ON THE CHIN. THE SIDES ARE
FLECKED WITH SILVER. THE DOSOLATERAL GOLDEN STRIPE
CONTINUES ON THE TAIL TO THE TIP.

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MARCH 5, 1949.

SPENT THE A.M. TRYING TO GET SOME
MORE OF THE SALAMANDERS FROM HIGHER UP.
THIS PLACE IS A PINE SLOPE IN A FIR FOREST.
THERE WERE PSEUDOEURYCEA LEPROSA IN BOTH
THE PINES & FIRS, BUT MOST OF THE OTHER SALA-
MANDERS WERE PRACTICALLY RESTRICTED TO
THE PINES.

THE STRIPED SCELOPS WERE PRETTY MUCH
EXCLUSIVELY FOREST. THE HALF COLLARED SCELOPS
WERE MUCH MORE ABUNDANT IN OPEN PLACES, BUT
THEY WERE ALSO PRESENT IN THE WOODS.

I DIDN'T GET ANY MORE OF TYPE 5, BUT
I DID PICK UP ANOTHER SLIGHTLY ODD KIND, - (IN
THE NEXT PAGE). THIS ONE WAS UNDER AN ENORMOUS
LOG, AND TWISTED HIS TAIL OFF IN MY HAND. AS
USUAL THE LOGS WERE QUITE DAMP UNDERNEATH,
ALTHO DUST AND SCELOPS LIE THICK ON TOP.

WE LEFT THE FIRS ABOUT 1:00 P.M., AND
STARTED DOWN THE COFRE. THE FIRS RUN DOWN
TO ABOUT 10,000 FT, THEN IT IS ENTIRELY [RING?] TO
8,500, WHERE THE OAKS BEGIN. ONLY SHOWING
BELOW THIS ALTITUDE IS THE PLAINS, HOWEVER,
AND THE ORIGINAL COVER CAN ONLY BE GUESSED.
THE RINGS ARE PRESENT TO SOME DEGREE IN
ALL THE PARTS I HAVE SEEN.

THE TEMPERATURE WHEN I GOT UP THIS
A.M. (SUNRISE) WAS 30 [degree] F. I HAD ICE IN MY
FIXING PANS, WHEN WE LEFT AT 1.00 P.M., IT
WAS 62 [degree] F IN THE SHADE AND 88 [degree] IN THE SUN.