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R.J. Raith
1956
Rana pretiosa
Aug. 8 Hoh River, 550+ ft., Jefferson Co., Washington
In hiking 5 1/2 miles up the Hoh River trail
to the Happy Four shelter and back saw
2 individuals, one at about 10 AM and one at
about 1:30 PM. Both were apparently
at least several hundred yards from any water.
One was in dry moss and the other in an equally dry
situation. Both seemed quite active but uttered
no vocal sound when handled. I took a Kodachrome
of the first one after placing him on a log. In the
evening at about 8:20 PM when it had just become
dark in the "rain forest" my wife and I were back
out on the same trail near the end of the road
(i.e. at the Hoh Ranger Station and Campground)
when she spotted another by using her flashlight.
It was on the edge of a bare earth trail which was
lined with bracken ferns. The earth was not
not completely dried out but not moist either.
Again it was several hundred yards to the
nearest known water. The int. was retained and is
R.J.R. 145.