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which rather quickly descends from drain
the canyon wall to the lake for a distance of
150 m at ~630 m eloo. The
stream bed is ~8-10' wide though the
stream itself is only 4-5' wide and a few
miles deep. The canyon walls ascend steeply
either side and are densely covered
overgrown with bushes, shrubs, ferns, and
some trees. The only frog which I found
associated with the stream were #s P99-106
which were found abundant among the
rocks at streamside (often jumping into the
stream at my approach). I turned over
a few rocks so might have missed other
frogs hiding, but Dr. Mottler says that
the gold frogs are conspicuous when present.
Returning from the stream I found a different
species (P107) along the path up the canyon
wall, leaving
Leaving El Valle I continued to Cerro
Campana where again checked likely
spots for salamanders above the Molino
Line (including the vicinity of the large water
tank). No sals were found during the
~3 hours of search though a frog (P108)