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Hanken James
1975
Journal
Harris Beach State Park Curry Co, Oregon
27 March We headed to E on N Bank Rd. to the Lobster
Cr. Br. and then onto sites visited by Sam Sweet
and found to contain Plethodon vehiculum.
We stopped along S Bank Rd at a large talus
slope along So. Bank Rd 0.7 mi W of the
Lobster Cr. Br. and looked for ~1 hrs. with no
luck. Along Saunders Cr. Rd 0.8 mi. S of
So. Bank Rd we looked under rocks and
logs at streamside for ~1½ hrs. with no luck.
There were signs of recent flooding along the
creek; might this have been responsible for
the apparent lack of sals. We decided to
head S to Pistol R, and another of Sam's sites
Locality 3.5 mi. E of Hwy 101 on the N bank of Pistol
13A River Rd. Here a #5 facing slope is vegetated
by a secondary growth forest of broad-
leaved deciduous forest with some Douglas
firs. One Taricha granulosa was found
in a pool of one of the many small streams
descending to slope towards Pistol R.
Eight Batrachoseps attenuatus and
two Ensatina eschscholtzii were found in
the deciduous forest at the top of the slope; most
of the Batrach. under logs rocks, most of the
Ensat. under logs and bark. Continuing
the attempt to find P. vehiculum we