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Aug 14, 1960
Rana muscosa
general aspect of the pond was quite a bit more
riparian than the other stream sites due to a
heavy growth of grass, low alders, and buttercups
along the border of the pool. There was a tangle
of dead sticks at the shallow end of the pond.
The bottom was silty, broken by a few granite rocks.
The frogs seemed unorganized, and had no real
shelter. The second may have moved up from the
stick tangle, and Tony and I were positioned
to cut it off.
We got the largest frogs at lower elevations
in the creek, but did not check so carefully above
6200 ft.
# 11-22 - Aug. 14, 1960 -
Rana, Hyla and tads were taken in a
pool in a meadow about 6900 ft. The meadow
was damp, grassy, with small alder at one (south)
end, and with a dry, scrubby growth on all
sides except the south, which was dry pine
forest. It was exposed to the sun most of the
day. The grass in the meadow tended to be clumpy.
A small trickle of water (from a spring?) ran
diagonally eastward across the meadow. The pool
was 4 x 6 feet, 8 inches deep, about 2 feet from
the trickle, stagnant, with cool, clear water. The
bottom was covered with a greenish grass. The Rana
was the only large frog seen. It was resting on
the grass, where, although it stood out, it was not
noticed for some while. It was about the color of
the mud on the bottom. It made no attempt to
leave the water when collected, and remained still