Novo, Sean 2005 Journal June 26 Top of Bald Mtn., Sierra National Forest, Fresno Co., CA I returned to Bald Mtn. to try to get another salamander. I hiked up at 4 PM. There was much less snow along the trail compared to 16 days ago. At the summit, all the snow was gone from the area where I found the last Hydromantes, and the seepage had totally dried up. Only a small patch of snow remained, at the bottom of the steep granite wall north of the lookout. I searched the area from 6-7 PM and found nothing. I searched again at 9 PM and found an adult female salamander in a crevice under an overhang at the edge of the snow patch. It was damp in the crevice, but not very wet. I collected this salamander, got mouth swabs (BM2) and released it in the same spot in the morning. I found it at 9:50 PM. I followed a small stream flowing over the granite from the snowmelt and found an adult Hydromantes in a small crevice next to the stream, among moss and ferns (SMR31). I think it's a female but I'm not sure- it has a small white dot where the mental gland should be, but the premillary teeth don't feel like they protrude much, if at all. The places where I found the salamanders were unvegetated, but there were shrubs and ponderosa pines nearby. Both salamanders are grey in color and seem to have the same dispersed spotty pattern as SMR30. The weather was clear and mild during the day, and clear at night with a temperature of 10 C at 11 PM.