Author: Sean 2005 Journal Sandra Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA Aug. 13 Yesterday afternoon Kim Foss and I drove up to Carson Pass to look for Hydromantes. We walked to the seeps near the SW end of Lake Winemucca, south of Carson Pass, where I looked last time. Some snow patches had melted, but there were still extensive seeps and the habitat looked great. We searched from 10:15-11:15PM along the lower and middle parts of the seep zone but found no salamanders. We collected more Nefrisia for Sean & J. (18). In the morning we drove over Monitor Pass, where we collected a roadkill Pituophis, and then up Sandra Pass. We parked on the west side of the pass near the 9000 ft. sign and hiked south along the trail. We stopped at a small waterfall where I had looked for salamanders before, and I found one juvenile in a seep near the waterfall at 12PM (38.31457N, 119.66205W [WG584, 10m acc], 2748m eler). We continued up the trail along the stream until we got to another cascade area. Kim found 3 juvenile H. platycephalus and I found one adult in vegetated crevices alongside the stream (38.31064N, 119.66158W [WG584, 10m acc], 2809m eler). I swatted the adult (#85). The habitat looked fairly good, with lots of splashing crevices and mossy wet areas, but the rock was crumbly and wasn't like the granite where I usually find salamanders. We searched for about a half hour each to find these. We returned at 9PM and found 9 more salamanders on both sides of the stream between 9 and 11PM. All were found out foraging. I swatted_