Field notes, v4224
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into, Dean 2005 Journal Dirty Lake and Grace Meadow, Yosemite NP, Mariposa Co., CA Aug. 22 This morning, Dino caught an adult Rana muscosa at the SE end of Dirty Lake. It looked healthy, but I swabbed the drink patch so it could be tested for chytrid. CL didn't want to collect it, but we got photos vouchers (SMR76) (38.17303°N, 119.59293°W [WGS 84, 7m acc.], 2868m elev.). Kim and I then walked back to Grace Meadow to try to find an Elgaria. We walked up and down the two avalanche scars on the west side of the meadow; the first was where CL found the J. elegans (SMR6) and the second was a little to the south (38.13559°N, 119.61825°W [WGS 84, 7m acc.], 2656 m elev.). We walked side by side about 10m apart and searched most of the area from 11AM-12PM, but saw nothing. We walked to the south end of Grace Meadow and saw 3 J. elegans in small ponds with a lot of grass in them next to the stream (38.13468°N, 119.61919°W [WGS 84, 15m acc.], 2644m elev.). We caught 2, a juvenile (SMR73) and an adult (SMR72). CL walked a little further down the trail and turned around. CL caught a Calia butterfly for Dean & in the meadow (38.13842°N, 119.61754°W [WGS 84, 6m acc.], 2655 m elev. (5)). We caught an Elgaria coerulea (SMR74) about 400m N of Grace Meadow along the PCT in open rocky lodgepole pine forest (38.14632°N, 119.61263°W [WGS 84, 6m acc.], 2669 m elev.). Finally, I collected a second [illegible] tadpole (SMR75) in the small lake south of Dirty Lake next to our camp. This is our last day here, and CL've found all the herp species we would expect, except for Sceloporus, which is notably absent from the area.