All specimens were found in February and March. Those from Chinajá were
obtained from _Xanthosoma_ and bromeliads; the individual from 10
kilometers north-northwest of Chinajá is an adult male that was calling
from a puddle in a fallen tree on March 13. A juvenile having a
snout-vent length of 34.7 mm. lacks the pale blue spots on the thighs;
instead, the anterior and posterior surfaces of the thighs are bright
red.
=Hypopachus cuneus nigroreticulatus= Taylor
Toocog, 1.
An adult male having a snout-vent length of 41.7 mm. was found at night
on the forest floor at the edge of a temporary pond. In life the dorsum
was dark brown with chocolate brown markings; the stripe on the side of
the head was white; the middorsal stripe was pale orange; the belly was
black and white, and the iris was a bronze color.
Characteristically this species inhabits savannas and open forest; thus,
its occurrence in the rainforest at Toocog is surprising. This is the
southernmost record for the species in El Petén; to the south in the
highlands it is replaced by the smaller _Hypopachus inguinalis_, having
rounded, instead of compressed, metatarsal tubercles.
=Rana palmipes= Spix
Chinajá, 11; 15 km. NW of Chinajá, 1; 20 km. NNW of Chinajá,
1.
With the exception of one recently metamorphosed juvenile having a
snout-vent length of 30.7 mm. that was found on the forest floor by day
on June 24, and one that was found beside a pool in a cave, all
individuals were found at temporary woodland pools or along sluggish
streams at night. The largest specimen is a female having a snout-vent
length of 107 mm.
=Rana pipiens= Schreber
Chinajá, 1; 20 km. NNW of Chinajá, 1; Río San Román, 1;
Toocog, 1.
All specimens were found near water at night. The largest individual is
a female having a snout-vent length of 112.5 mm.
=Crocodylus moreleti= Duméril and Duméril
Chinajá, 1; Río San Román, 1.
One specimen was obtained from a quiet pool in the Río San Román at
night; another was found in a small sluggish stream at Chinajá. Two
large individuals were seen in tributaries to the Río San Román. On the
savannas at Toocog two small individuals were obtained in the dry
season, at which time the crocodiles apparently were migrating to water.
The local name for this species is _lagarto_.
=Chelydra rossignoni= (Bocourt)
Chinajá, 1; 20 km. NNW of Chinajá, 1.
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