Field notes, v580
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Rana muscosa May 17, 1960 Five Lakes, 1.7 mi S, 1.4 mi W. Squaw Valley, 7500ft, Placer Co., Calif. - (# 29, cont.) - foot lighter. throat creamy; belly more yellow, under surface of hind limbs golden, back of thighs reddish: no ventral pattern. See Aug. 16, 1960 for color chips. # 42. Snout-vent length about 3 1/2 inches. Ground color brownish olive, becoming more yellowish laterally. The back is marked with round, brown spots about 1/4 inch in diameter forming two more or less opposing + alternating rows, and lateral to this, in the area the dorsolateral folds would be, a series of round black-brown spots about 1/8 inch in diameter, below this a few spots of similar shape intermediate in color between the dorsal and dorso-lateral spots; numerous black-tipped pustules on the dorsal and lateral surfaces. Head with about 18 small brown spots above, mottled with brown laterally, a brown bar along the cauthus, and the lips are olivaceous-yellow spotted with brown. Fore limbs yellowish-olive barred with brown above, hind limbs similar, but bars light centered and less distinct. Below golden yellow, throat to area between forelimbs creamy, limbs more orange, back of thighs reddish: no ventral pattern: See Aug 16, 1960 for color chips.