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Haritos, Dean
2007
Journal
Feb. 14-15 Hite Cave, S Fork Merced River and Hell Hollow, Mariposa Co., CA (cont)
HH(1)6 adult ♀ dorsal + ventral photos 104008+9
HH(1)7 adult ♂
104010+11
HH(1)8 adult ♂
104012
HH(1)9 adult ♂
104013+14
37.60771°N, 120.13684°W [WGS84, 8m acc], 249m elcv.
We searched here until 21:15.
We then drove up to the hairpin turn and searched from
21:30-22:30. I found a Batrachoseps dialoides and Ricardo
found an adult gravid female H. brunnus, which I handled
[HH(2)7 - photos 104015+16, dorsal + ventral] (37.59089°N,
120.12774°W [WGS84, 8m acc], 449m elcv.). We flipped many good
rocks and, again, I was surprised not to find more salamanders.
After an encounter with the Mariposa Co. police, we decided to
head back and go to bed.
Feb. 16 N Fork Merced River at Judiah Gulch, Mariposa Co., CA
We drove from Hroley Hill down to the junction of the N
Fork Merced and Judiah Gulch, where Mike Lutter had taken
me last year. We began searching at 10:40 and I found
2 juvenile H. brunnus immediately (37.65755°N, 120.05045°W
[WGS84, 6m acc], 421m elcv.). We searched in the mossy rocks
along the uphill side of the road with a lot of success,
since the ground and moss were quite wet. I found
3 more salamanders big enough to swat plus 5 juveniles too
small to swat. I stopped searching at 11:15 and began