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Pinto, Sean
2006
Journal
March 19 Hell Hollow, Mariposa Co., CA
I made a day trip to Hell Hollow to try to get more swats samples for my study, since it has rained so much lately. After a late start, I arrived at the hairpin turn on Hwy 49 where I found salamanders on my trip with Sean Schaeile. I searched in the same area, nearly to the top of the hill, from 1:30-3:20 PM but found no salamanders. Next, I went to find my data logger, which is in a small culvert S of the small canyon where I have found salamanders (the closest one to Bagby) (logger at 37.60580°N, 120.13586°W [WGS84, 24m acc], 319m elev.). Finally, I walked down to the canyon near Bagby where I have found salamanders, after offloading the data logger at 3:41 PM. In an hour of searching, I found 3 juvenile H. lewisi and one J. terrestris under small to medium-sized slab rocks a few feet above the creekbed. I was surprised not to see more, considering how much it has rained lately. The weather today was cloudy and about 60°F, or perhaps in the upper 50s.
Swats # Species Age Photo
HH3 Hell Hollow 3 H. lewisi juv. 1020508 +9
HH4 Hell Hollow 4 H. lewisi juv. 1020510 +11
HH5 Hell Hollow 5 H. lewisi juv. 1020512 +13