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M.F. Smith
1977
JOURNAL
Sequoia Nati. Forest, Tulare x Kern Co., Calif.
Mar.29 3,4 mi. W Miracle Hot Springs on old Hwy 178 Kern Co
1 P.boylii dead not saved ear 20mm
4 P.truer? 4 P.boylii live saved for tissues
Fairview Campground, 17mi N Kernville Tulare Co.
2 Neotoma fuscipes released
Chemise Flat 15,3 mi N Kernville, Tulare Co.
4 Dipodomys 5 toed saved 1 live for 107
3 Peromyscus maniculatus 1 dead, 1 live, 1 escaped
12 Peromyscus truei 9 live, 3 dead (not saved)
Hospital Flat, 6.9mi N Kernville
2 Peromyscus 1 P.truei & 6 mamme 1 P. boylii /
Had lunch in Kernville and drove east on Hwy 178 over
Welker Pass to the Panamint Valley. Stopped in Iron for
groceries, drove in to Darwin Falls on a fairly good
gravel road, took the right fork where the water pipe
goes away from the main gravel road and stopped
just over the hill where the road is roped off.
Walked up to Darwin Falls carrying 20 large and
57 small folding thermans, set in willows at the pool,
and back down along the stream. Caught one
Bufo boreas floating downstream. After dinner we
liked back up along the stream looking for more
frogs. There are both Bufo boreas and Bufo punctatus
in this area, plus hybrids between them. We are
particularly looking for hybrids for Julie Feder.
The hybrids are supposedly big "punctatus"
without white stripes, do have red spots, and a more