Monto, Sean 2005 Journal Lake Italy and Little Bear Lake, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra National Forest, Fresno CA (cont) July 18 I started back toward camp and climbed over the first ridge north of Little Bear Lake. I began to climb up the rocky slope leading to Comet Lake, and flipped rocks along the way since the habitat looked good. I found an adult female Hydromantes about 150m NW of Little Bear Lake and 10 m up the slope leading to Comet Lake (37.33120°N,118.81075°W [WGS84,5m acc],3349m elev). I found the salamander at 4:25PM under a mossy rock in an area near a fast moving snowmelt stream/waterfall on the south facing slope. The only vegetation was moss, grass, blazing stars and other wildflowers, and the soil was quite damp since there were many small streams from snowmelt. This salamander is SMR 36. I deployed data logger #873949 at 4:45PM in a crevice about 10m W of where I found the salamander. The crevice faces south, had moisture in it and should protect the logger from weather. I didn't have my equipment with me so I had to return to my camp, but I will come back to this side tomorrow to look for more salamanders. About 20-30 min of additional searching today, didn't turn up any. I collected 10 Iberia for Sean & at my camp (37.35323°N,118.80173°W [WGS84,10m acc],3340m elev). The weather today was warm and partly cloudy, and the night was cool and mostly clear.