Journal and species accounts, v1347
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Hanken, James 1975 Journal Sequoia's Lagoon Campground, No. Gravel Road Albion R., Albion, Mendocino Co., Calif. 29 March and this site is one of a few visible shaded relatively undisturbed (at least not recently) slopes. The S-facing slope is densely forested with Sequoia sempervirens, Douglas fir, mosses, currants and ferns. Several fallen or cut decaying logs are present. Walking this slope from 15:30-1730 hrs produced 3 Ensatinas eschscholtzii eschscholtzii and 4 B. attenuata, almost all being found inside rotting logs. The Batrachoseps were seemed to be especially hard to find; logs having to be lifted open in order to reveal them. Might the ground already be drying out after the rains of a few days ago? Hyla regilla were heard calling from the gully alongside the road, fed by a small stream running down the slope; one adult ♂ and two juveniles were taken. Returning to Hwy 101 S we drove to Humboldt Redwoods State Park where we spent the night in a park campground. Continuing S yesterday morning (28 March) we drove to near Garberville, Locality 17 Humboldt Co, to a site along Brice land Rd, 0.5 mi. W of the junction with Sproul Crk Rd (Garberville Airport). Here a N-facing slope with Douglas fir is covered with Douglas fir in the steeper areas, with madrone and