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Kist, Sean
2004
Mt. Lyell Salamander
(Hydromantes platycephalus)
Side canyon of Convict Creek, at site of washed-out bridge
crossing Convict Creek, Mono Co., CA
37°33'34.1"N, 118°52'17.4"W (NAD 27,10m), 2670m
August 6
Darham Stinton and cl found 9 Hydromantes in a small side
canyon of Convict Creek where he had found them before. One adult
and 2 juveniles were found under a rock at the bottom of the canyon
on the edge of the stream. The rock was wet but not in the water.
We collected the adult (SMR #16), for another hour of searching (from
11:30-12PM) we found one more juvenile about 50m upstream, among
some small rocks on the stream edge. After lunch, we searched for 15 min
more and found 1 more juvenile at the canyon mouth and 2 adults and
two juveniles under rocks among flowers and herbaceous plants with a
little water flowing under the rocks.
rock and
dirt slide
seeps
To Convict Lake
Washed-out
bridge
4 salamanders
found
50ft
1 juvenile salamander
found
All salamanders were
found on the east
side of the stream.
4 found in veg