Field notes, v580
Page 105
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Rana muscosa Aug. 17, 1960 Five lakes, 1.7 mi S, 1.4 mi W. Squaw Valley, 7500 ft., Placer Co., Calif. - Three Rana and a Hyla were taken along an arm of one of the Five lakes. The arm was about 15 yards across, [illegible] yards deep, and with no discernable current. The bottom was very silty. The bank the animals were collected on sloped gradually to the lake, and consisted of wet, blackish, firm mud with a few scattered large rocks, sticks, and was covered with a clumpy grass. Farther out (3 to 8 feet) the lake is bordered with alders, and beyond that is a dry, shrubby pine forest. There were several sticks in the water. The bottom of the lake slope at a 30° angle, was quite silty, and there was some plant litter on it. The frogs were along the shore, and swam out 3 or 4 feet and rested on the bottom when disturbed. The smallest ones buried themselves in the mud when further bothered, but larger frog seemed incapable of entirely covering themselves, or made no attempt to do so. Several more Rana were seen along here. The largest of these would usually swim completely across the arm of water. There are trout 10 to 12 inches long in the deeper parts of the water here. Several Rana were taken in the channel about 8 feet wide and 1 to 2 feet deep between the easternmost and the adjacent lakes of the Five lakes. The south side of the channel was steeply bordered by a granite ledge about 3 feet high, and there were a few blocks of rock