Rosita, Dean 2006 Journal Virginia Lakes, Mono Co. and Convict Creek, John Muir Wilderness, Mono National Forest, Mono Co., CA July 1 Yesterday I drove from Bariboy up to Sonora Pass. I offloaded the data from my logger at the 9000 ft sign onto the shuttle at 3:50 PM. I searched in the area below the logger near the stream where there were some mussel cracks with seepage and saw 1 adult female (SP17), 1 subadult (SP18) and 4 juvenile I. platycephalus. I got dorsal and ventral swabs from SP17 & 18. I drove to Virginia Lakes and stopped at Sardine Falls on McKay Creek, on the E side of Sonora Pass on the way. I searched a seep area next to the falls and a little of the spray zone for ~30 min (1445-1815) but saw nothing. The habitat looked perfect, and Chris Fitchell found salamanders here last year. On the morning I hiked west from Virginia Lakes looking for seep zones. I made it as far as a small lake past Corney Lake (38.84-863°N, 119.28121°W [WGS84, 13 max], 3158 m elev.). But could see no suitable habitat, even using my binoculars. I left, drove to Convict Lake, and hiked up the Convict Creek trail to my data logger. The creek was extremely high and only ~10m of habitat was exposed. I searched it from 1400-1445 and found 7 juvenile salamanders, as well as the following ones that I swabbed (dorsal/ventral): Swab # Age/Sex Photo Swab # Age/Sex Photo CC17 subadult 1030018 CC20 subadult 1030024 CC18 subadult 1030019 CE21 adult ♀ 1030030 CC19 subadult 1030020 I also saw 2 subadults that escaped. I offloaded my data logger at 1516 and then pulled it out and took it with me. The day was sunny and warm, in the 80s. 38.30849°N, 119.62140°W [WGS84, 5m acc.] 2676m elev.