Journal, v1583
Page 21
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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