The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México

m. A village 29 kilometers northwest of Uruapan; pine

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forest.

Cuatro Caminos.--Lat. 19 deg. 00', long. 102 deg. 05' elev. 335 m. A village 4 kilometers south of Nueva Italia; arid tropical scrub forest.

Cuilala (Playa).--Lat. 18 deg. 10', long. 103 deg. 06', sea level. A sandy beach on the Pacific Ocean just east of La Higuerita.

Cuitzeo.--Lat. 19 deg. 58', long. 101 deg. 09', 1800 m. A village on the north shore of the Lago de Cuitzeo lakebed; mesquite-grassland.

Cuitzeo (Lago de).--A large lakebed on the Mexican Plateau at an elevation of 1800 m. In dry years there is little water in the lake, and most of the lakebed is dry; in very wet years the entire lakebed is flooded. The Rio de Morelia flows into the lake, which has no outlet; surrounding vegetation is mesquite-grassland.

Cuseno Station.--Lat. 19 deg. 30', long. 102 deg. 16', elev. 2200 m. A field station of the American Geological Society established in 1945 and demolished in 1953; located at the northern edge of the lava flow at Volcan Paricutin; remnants of pine forest.

Diezmo (El).--Lat. 18 deg. 26', long. 103 deg. 19', elev. 850 m. A ranch about 8 kilometers north of Coire; tropical semi-deciduous forest.

Dos Aguas.--Lat. 18 deg. 45', long. 102 deg. 55', elev. 2100 m. A lumber camp on the eastern slope of Cerro de Barolosa, located about 22 kilometers west-northwest of Aguililla; pine-oak forest and some fir forest in sheltered ravines.

Duero (Rio).--A small river having its headwaters near Tangancicuaro and flowing northwestward into the Rio Lerma; source of irrigation water for surrounding agricultural area.

Emiliano Zapata.--Lat. 18 deg. 59', long. 102 deg. 39' elev. 1600 m. A town 10 kilometers east of Jiquilpan; mesquite-grassland and irrigated fields.

Erongaricuaro.--Lat. 19 deg. 35', long. 101 deg. 43', elev. 2150 m. A Tarascan village on the western shore of Lago de Patzcuaro; pine forest.

Espinal (El).--Lat. 18 deg. 27', long. 102 deg. 07', elev. 500 m. A ranch in the northern foothills of the Sierra de Coalcoman, 9 kilometers by road north-northeast of San Salvador; arid tropical scrub forest.

Estopilas (Salitre de).--Lat. 18 deg. 30', long. 103 deg. 23', elev. 130 m. A small village about 10 kilometers east of Ostula; tropical semi-deciduous forest and arid tropical scrub forest.

Garnica (Cerro).--Lat. 19 deg. 43', long. 100 deg. 48', elev. 3000