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Transcription
H. Zweifel
May 23, '60 208
Rana boylii
4311 State Hwy 4, at South Boundary Calaveras Big Trees
State Park, 4600', Calaveras Co., Calif.
2044-92.
Togged-over hillside. Yellow pine, sugar pine,
mixed cedar, douglas fir.
Water 20°. Stream 6-8' wide. Frog
caught by Reimer was on debris log post.
Continous snow cover on north facing slope,
patches on south. Stream gradient steepens
here. Allure.
The frog's dorsal surface is colored a smoky
brown. No markings are discernable on the
dorsal body surface. There is faint in-
dication of broad tibial bars beneath
the general smoky coloration. A light
head stripe is evident. Yellow color is
strongest in the region of the groin,
with a few ophstiles as far anterior as
the foreleg insertion. However, the
ventral surface is generally white anteroirly.
Herid 2.
The pictoral gridle is typical boylii-type.