counts, Dean 2005 Journal Hell Hollow, Shadow Creek and N Fork Merced River, Mariposa Co, CA Jan 7 and two adult H. lewisi (SMR 78+79) (37.58272°N, 120.05229°W [WGS 84, 10m acc.], 294m elev.). cl took 2 month swabs and photo vouchers for the other 8 H. lewisi, and then released them. Conditions were very good today and the moss was quite wet. This site appears to have a large area of suitable mossy habitat on the stream bank and along the road. We saw no limestone and all the salamanders cl found were under shale. We drove up 49 to Coulterville, through Brodley Hill to the Bridging Rd and then 5 to a turnoff to the North Fork of the Merced, heading to the junction of the N Fork and Indian Dutch where Mike had found salamanders several times before. We stopped a little (~500m) above the river and flipped mossy shale rocks right along the roadside. The vegetation was oak and chaparral, with a lot of damp moss. We found 1" H. lewisi, 2 Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica, and 3 B. dialohus under the rocks between about 4:15 and 5:30PM. Two of the H. lewisi were crushed when we flipped rocks, so cl collected them (SMR 84+85). cl also collected the Batrachoseps (SMR 87,88+89) and Ensatina (SMR 86 ) (37.65744°N, 120.05032°W [WGS 84, 9m acc.], 420m elev.). cl got month swabs and photo vouchers of the other 6 H. lewisi. Once again, we saw only shale and no limestone. The surrounding areas look very inhospitable to salamanders, although the area of mossy hillside is quite extensive and continues further up the road.