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"Zweifel
Aug 27, 1935
as my dreams, at least more
where the road crosses a for a mile
downstream. The prominent trees
are walnuts and willows.
The flow of Yanks spring is piped
into a cattle watering tank. Just
below the spring there appears a good
flow of water in the streambed.
Minnows (Stella dittonia) are in
the streams and in most all of the iso-
lated pools. Rana pipiens was very
commonly observed both along the
streams and in shaded, isolated
pools.
Rana tarahumarae were found in
one 3 deep rocky pool deeply shaded
by a large willow. The water temperature
was 27°C near the surface but cooler
deeper down. The frogs were sitting
around the edge of the pool when first
seen, but dove in and set on the
bottom when frightened. They are
easily collected with a net. This
pool is not stagnant, but get[s] part of the
stream flow. The restriction of the
frogs to these rocky pools is quite
evident. Four were collected here
while none were seen in the rest of
the mile or so of canyon investigated.