Ronto, Dear 2004 Journal Granite Basin, Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno Co., CA June 3 Today I began hiking from right below the crest of the Copper Creek trail at the south end of Granite Basin at 8:30AM. I hiked into the basin and checked for salamanders near the south entrance to the basin (36.84803°N, 118.59601°W, 3020m) along a stream. I looked under rocks ~20m above and below the trail along the stream for about 30min, but didn't find any salamanders. The vegetation was sparse, with small conifers and grass. I searched again about 300m down the trail (36.85105°N, 118.59796°W, 2926m) along small streams flowing over granite for about 30min. I didn't see any salamanders, although the habitat looked good. I found 3 small (~2cm long) Pacific treefrogs (Hyla regilla) in the water; I later found a mountain garter snake (Thamnophis elegans elegans) crossing the trail amid rocks (36.85084°N, 118.60604°W, 2912m). It was about 1m long. I searched for salamanders on the east side of the basin along a small stream leading up to a lake (36.86690°N, 118.60047°W, 3047m) at 2PM. The habitat looked excellent - lots of rocks lying on granite with some flowing water, but I didn't find any. I searched again from 9-10:30PM and didn't see any, but I saw 2 Hyla regilla slowly climbing upstream through the water. I searched at the base of the final ascent to Granite Pass and finally found a single salamander. The weather was clear and cold; perhaps in the 60s in the day and 30s at night.