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J.B. Roth
1969 Journal
Jan 31 On the way to Kingsburg Mariposa Co., Calif
Am on my way to Hydromantes burnsi
country with R.C. Stebbins and Nate
Cohen in a U.C. car. I went to
Stebbins' house at about 6:00 this
morning. To get to the Hydromantes
site thus far go to Hwy 99 and take
the Yosemite, Mariposa turnoff.
At 10:25 A.M we got into Mariposa.
I'st spot about ¼ mile up the
road from the big HI sign on
the road. Pull out on the left of
the road water coming down a small
creek. Snow partially melted away
from the N-NE facing slope.
Stebbins calls this cascading creek
N. Bear creek. Nate found a Hydromantes
on the sunlit N-NE slope About 100yds
from where the creek goes under
the road. At about the same place
a western fence lizard and a
Sierra Newt were also found. All
were found under shale rocks. The
Hydromantes was in a crack in the rock.
It was a male of about 3½" so.
The time is now 12:30. The Hydromantes