I ko mākou ʻāina he mau wahi liʻiliʻi, nona ka lau nahele a me nā holoholona i ʻoi aku ka momona ma mua o nā mea i ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi nui o nā latitude ʻē aʻe. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo aia he microclimate kūpono no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano kū hoʻokahi, a ua nalowale paha kekahi o lākou i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Mexico.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale e hāʻawi i ka inoa o ke awāwa ma ka waena konu he hale wili kō a me kahi hale kōkena. E hoʻomaka ana mai iā lākou —aole mai ka hale pule, e like me nā kaona ʻē aʻe - hāʻawi ʻia nā hale i waena o ka mosaic o nā māla i kanu ʻia me ke kope, maiʻa, kō a me ka chayote. ʻO kēia, a hiki i kēia manawa, kahi kūlanakauhale waiwai kahi i ʻike ʻia ai nā mea āpau: ka wai aniani, nā lāʻau hua a me ka malu o nā pā coyolera.
Ua ulu kekahi mau ʻano o nā saurians i ke awāwa. ʻO kekahi o lākou kahi hoihoi nui: ka Xenosaurius Grandis. ʻAʻole paʻakikī ka ʻike ʻana inā loaʻa iā mākou ke kōkua a me ka lokomaikaʻi o ka poʻe e like me Don Rafael Julián Cerón, me ia kakahiaka mākou i hele ai i ke alo o kahi puʻu hoʻoweliweli e noho aliʻi ana ma ke awāwa, me he mea lā ʻo ia ke kahu. Ua hōʻea mākou i kahi pali kahi i puka aku ai nā pōhaku nui mai ka honua: aia mākou i nā ʻāina o ka xenosaurus. He kiʻekiʻena ko ka mauna kuahiwi e pili ana i ka Chicahuaxtla, kahi inoa i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi puʻu nona ka piko ma 1,400 mika ma luna aʻe o ka ʻilikai, hiki ke ʻike ʻia kona mau wai, i nā lā maopopo, mai ka piko. ʻO ka inoa o kēia inoa "rattle", e hoʻomanaʻo paha i ka chicauaztli, kahi limahana i hoʻohana ʻia e nā kahuna pule Hispanic.
Me nā saurians, aia kekahi mau meaola ʻē aʻe a me nā ʻano batrachian i loko o ke awāwa, kahi i ʻumeʻume ai i nā zoologist mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa mai ka hoʻomaka o kēia kenekulia. He mau hiʻohiʻona kū hoʻokahi kēia, e like me ka salamander i ʻike ʻia ʻo linea (Lineatriton Lineola) a me kahi ʻano liʻiliʻi loa o nā rana, a ka poʻe kamaʻāina i manaʻo ai ʻo ia ka mea liʻiliʻi loa o ka honua. Ma waho o ka xenosaur, e haʻi mākou i nā saurian ʻē aʻe o ke awāwa, e like me ka bronia (Bronia Taeniata) a me ka teterete a i ʻole querreque (Basiliscus Vittatus) kaulana loa. ʻO ka mua o lākou he ʻāpana o ka genus Gerhonotus a hiki ke ana i 35 kenimika. Noho ia i nā kumu lāʻau a me nā nāhelehele, kahi e hānai ai i nā mea kolo a me nā vertebrates liʻiliʻi. He pelu kā ke kāne i waenakonu o ka ʻāʻī, ʻo ke kala e loli wikiwiki e like me ke ʻano o ka holoholona. I ke kau moʻo, hānai lākou i ko lākou poʻo a hōʻike i nā kani kuʻi loa i kēia ʻili scaly, i ʻumeʻume i nā wahine. He huhū lākou inā hoʻopilikia ʻia, akā ʻoiai he ʻohana pili loa i ka Heloderma (Gila monster), ʻaʻole lākou he mea ʻawahia a ʻaʻohe hopena o kā lākou nahu ma kahi o ka ʻehaʻeha loa, ke ʻole e mālama ʻia a maʻi ʻia. Hōʻike ka bronia i kekahi mimicry; e pale iā ia iho e hoʻololi i nā kala e like me ke kaiapuni. Loaʻa iā ia nā ʻano diurnal a waiho i kāna mau hua ma ka honua, kahi e uhi ʻia ai haʻalele ʻia lākou. Hele mai ka hatching i ʻelua mau mahina ma hope.
ʻO ka hihia o ka teterete he mea hoihoi loa ia, no ka mea ʻo kēia saurian, mai ka ʻohana Iguánidae a mai ka genus Basiliscus (ʻo ia mau ʻano ma Mexico) e hele maoli i ka wai. ʻO ia wale nō paha ka holoholona i ka honua i hiki ke hana, ʻo ia ke kumu i ʻike ʻia ai ka ʻōlelo Pelekania ʻo Jesus alligator. Loaʻa kēia i kēia hoʻomaikaʻi, ʻaʻole nui i nā membrane i hoʻopili ʻia i nā manamana wāwae o kona mau wāwae hope, akā ma muli o ka wikiwiki o ka neʻe ʻana a me ka hiki ke neʻe i luna, ke hilinaʻi nei i kona mau lālā hope. ʻAe kēia iā ia e neʻe ma luna o nā loko, nā estuaries a i loko o nā au, ʻaʻole ikaika loa, o nā kahawai. ʻO ka nānā ʻana he hōʻike loa ia. Liʻiliʻi kekahi mau laha, 10 knm a ʻoi iki paha, akā ʻo kekahi ma mua o 60 cm. ʻO kā lākou ʻoka, ʻeleʻele a me nā kala melemele e ʻae iā lākou e hui maikaʻi me nā mea kanu ma nā kapa o nā muliwai a me nā lagoons, kahi e noho ai lākou. ʻAi lākou i nā pepelu. He piko ko ke kāne ma ke poʻo, ʻoiʻoi loa ia. ʻOi aku ka pōkole o kona mau lālā i mua o kona hope. Hiki iā lākou ke kū aʻe i ka piʻi ʻana i nā kumulāʻau a, inā pono, he poʻe luʻuluʻu maikaʻi loa lākou i noho i lalo o ka wai no nā wā lōʻihi, a nalowale ko lākou poʻe ʻenemi
ʻIke ʻo Rafael a me kāna mau keikikāne i nā māwae i loko o nā pōhaku, ʻike lākou ʻo lākou nā lair o ka xenosaur. ʻAʻole lōʻihi lākou e huli i ka mua o kēia nā mea kolo. Me nā ʻano diurnal, lili nui lākou i ko lākou ʻāina, kahi a lākou e hakakā pinepine ai. Inā ʻaʻole lākou e moʻo, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ma mua o hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia māwae. Noho kaʻawale lākou a hānai i nā mollusks a me nā kolo, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke ʻai i kekahi manawa i nā vertebrates liʻiliʻi. ʻO kā lākou helehelena hoʻoweliweli i hana i nā poʻe mahiʻai e pepehi iā lākou. Eia nō naʻe, haʻi mai ʻo Rafael Cerón iā mākou ʻoiai e paʻa ana i hoʻokahi i kona lima, mamao loa mai ka mea ʻona, hana maikaʻi lākou i nā mea he nui, ʻoiai lākou e luku i nā mea kolo weliweli. He huhū wale lākou inā hoʻohaunaele a ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi ko lākou niho, ikaika loa ko lākou ʻāʻī a hiki ke hoʻokau i kahi ʻeha hohonu e pono ai ka nānā. He oviparo lākou, e like me ka nui o nā saurians. Hiki iā lākou ke ana i 30 cm, he poʻo almond ko lākou a me nā maka, ʻulaʻula loa, ʻo ia ka mea mua i ʻike i ko lākou noho ke nānā mākou i nā aka o kahi lua.
Ma loko o ka pūʻulu kolo, he holoholona kā ka suburani saurian i ola me ka loli iki mai nā manawa mamao, kekahi mai ka wā Cretaceous, kekahi 135 miliona mau makahiki i hala. ʻO kekahi o ko lākou ʻano nui ka uhi ʻia o ko lākou mau kino i nā unahi, kahi ʻili horny e hiki ke hoʻololi hou i nā manawa he nui i ka makahiki e ka hoʻokahe ʻana. Ua manaʻo ʻia ka xenosaurus he kope ola, ma ka liʻiliʻi, o ka Eriops, nona nā koena e hōʻike ana ua noho ia miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei a nona ka leo i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua mau mika i hiki ʻole ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kona ʻohana o kēia manawa. ʻO ka mea e pīhoihoi ai, ʻaʻole noho ka xenosaur i nā wahi wao nahele o ka ʻākau o Mekiko e like me kona mau hoahānau e noho ana i nā mokuʻāina ʻo Chihuahua a me Sonora, a ma waena o ia mau mea ʻo Petrosaurus (saurian pōhaku), kahi ʻano like. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē, pulu loa kona wahi noho.
ʻO nā ʻenemi wale nō o nā saurians o ke awāwa ʻo Cuauhtlapan nā manu lele, nāhesa a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kāne. ʻAʻole wale mākou e ʻike i ka poʻe i hopu a pepehi iā lākou me ke kumu ʻole, akā ʻo ka hana ʻana i nā awāwa kokoke o Ixtaczoquitlán a me Orizaba e hōʻike nei i ka weliweli nui loa i nā holoholona a me nā pua o Cuauhtlapan.
Hoʻolei ka hui pepa o ka ʻāina i kāna sludge haumia i nā lepo momona i noho ʻia e nā haneli he nui, a luku i ko lākou wahi noho. Hoʻohui ʻia, hoʻokuʻu ʻia i nā wai ʻino i loko o nā kahawai a me nā kahawai kahi e kū ai nā pēpē i ka make. Me ka complicate o nā luna, lilo ka ola i ka honua.
E hoʻolaha ana nā manu i ka pō a haʻalele mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Cuauhtlapan. Mai nā manaʻo e hoʻopuni iā ia, paʻakikī e hoʻolilo i ka manaʻo i nā manawa i hala, ke nānā mākou i lalo i nā wahi i noho ʻia e xenosaurs, bronias a me teteretes; a laila hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i kahi ʻāina Cretaceous. No kēia mea ua pono mākou e ʻimi i kahi o nā wahi laha ʻole i hiki ke hana ʻia; pono mākou e mahuka mai nā chimneys, nā ʻawā, nā ʻōpala o nā mea ʻona a me nā ʻauwaha. Lana ka manaʻo i ka wā e hiki mai ana e hoʻonui kēia mau wahi a lana ko mākou manaʻo e hoʻohuli ʻia ke ʻano i kā lākou hōʻoki loa ʻana.
Inā ʻoe e hele i ka VALLE DE CUAUHTLAPAN
Hele ma ke ala nui no. 150 i Veracruz a ma hope o ka hele ʻana i ka Orizaba, e hoʻomau ma waena iā ia a hiki i Fortín de las Flores. ʻO ke awāwa mua āu e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ke awāwa ʻo Cuauhtlapan, ka mea i hoʻomalu ʻia e ka puʻu ʻo Chicahuaxtla. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele ma ke ala kiʻekiʻe no. 150, holo i ke kūlanakauhale o Puebla a ma ka hui ʻelua i Orizaba, puka. Lawe pololei kēia ala iā ʻoe i ke awāwa ʻo Cuauhtlapan, ma kahi o 10 km mai ka hoʻololi. ʻO ke kūlana o ke ala maikaʻi loa; Eia nō naʻe, ma ke awāwa he mau alanui he mau alanui lepo.
ʻO Córdoba, Fortín de las Flores a me Orizaba nā lawelawe āpau.
Puna: Un Mexico Mexico No. 260 / ʻOkakopa 1998
