Pinto, Dean 2007 Journal Forgesen Slide, near confluence of Sand Middle Forks Merced River, Mariposa Co., CA (cont.) March 22 We continued to search the area closer to the slide and hiked up a trail, mapping with the GPS along the way. We made it up to about the top of the slide, where the habitat looked perfect for H. lorumus - lots of mossy talus with oak and luckybark (and lots of poison oak). We searched on the way down, and Ted found a Masticophis lateralis (SMR205) and I found a small Hyla regilla (SMR804), both under rocks. We also found 7 additional B. dialonus at various locations on the E side of the slide (SMR195-201). Condition for salamanders were fairly good, since it had rained the day before we arrived, so the moss and soil were reasonably wet, although not as much as would have been ideal for finding Hydromantes.