MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY 
3400 Taft 
Wichita Falls, Texas 
76308 
August cl, 1971 
Dr* D&vid B. **ake 
University of California 
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 
2593 Life Science Building 
B r ek e 1 ey, C a 1 i f o rn i a 91720 
Dear Dr. *«ake: 
I cannot help you much at this late date regarding the exact type 
locality of Doli tog lo ssa veracrusis . I v-ould suggest you '* rite to the 
University oIHf ansas Tiuseum of Natural history and ask for a photocopy 
of my field notes for a couple of creeks before and after the collecting 
d at e « 
I remember that I —ent v-ith some Indians do-oi the Coatzacoalcos 
to the mouth of the Rio Chalchijapa, by dugout canoe, and up the 
Chalchijapa. '-lie t her I found the salamande rs on the uprer reaches of 
the Chalehijapa or its tributary, the Solosuchil, I do not nom kno->". I 
made several trips in that area end collected on both rivers. 
v ms’ the night v»e 
a mossy. 
I do remember that camped that night at the foot of 
fissured limestone cliff not far from the river. Dur 
hunted mammals ■—ith headlights, and Hiile so doing I noted the salamanders 
creeping on the vertical surfaces of the limestone. A'e collected several 
of them* By me I mean ray Indian friends and myself. 
I understand that this country is greatly changed In the past 20 
years, "then I "o'rked there one ^ent to Jesus Caranza by rail, and anykere 
else by dugout or horseback. There may —ell be roads into the area no ,r . 
If so, I *’ r ouId hunt for the salamanders by night along the many limestone 
cliffs beside the Rio Chalehijapa and its tributaries. Incidentally, I 
never sa w a 3olito^lossa, in that 
&r e 
they are common Tn bYonXliads farther north. 
in a bromi1iad but, of course, 
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