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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