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Rana sneres
Small Lakes by Tiarza Lake, ?9400', Mono Co. Calif.
Sept. 29
Only one adult frog seen, one subadult, and
several small ones. Tadpoles abundant. Most of
the tadps are on the 50-60 mm size bracket, not
by development. A very few tadps were much larger
and had well developed hind legs.
The smaller tadps will obviously be forced to
overwinter as such, and represent this year's
food. Are the large tadps stragglers from
last year's generation or precocious individuals
of this year? The small frogs may probably
represent last year's generation.
With the exception of two small frogs taken
from a pond beside the stream (pool 14.4°C, station 116°),
all frogs and tadps were in two lakes. The larger
lake is about 200 yd long x 200' wide. The
immediate shores of the lake are muddy, since
by this date or the season the water has receded
some 10' or more from the grocery banks marking
the high water level. In a farther-edge situation
where tadpoles were congregated, the water temperature
was 19.4°C.
The smaller lake is about 100' x 60'. This
lake probably receives some underground flow
from the creek (located on the opposite side of
the highway), since the water level showed
no evidence of having fallen much through
the summer.
In a muddy farther-edge where tadpoles frogs
found, water temperature 12.2°C