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21 July
Continued west on the road to El Novillo Son,
where the Mazatan road crosses the Rio Yagui.
Had lunch and then spent the rest of the day working the
area south of the bridge and east of the river.
There is a gravel sorting business over much of the
area, hence there are extensive piles of sorted gravel
cleared vegetation. Otherwise there is a flat pasture
land to some farm land higher up from the river proper.
Very close to the river there are several isolated pools
of water trapped in the bedrock. Day was cloudy.
During both the afternoon and evening we got a
Saw the following: E side of Rio Yagui, just south of El Novillo Son
Bufo mazatlanensis: all of the larger specimens
were seen only on the sandy bank next to the
river. None were seen on the gravel banks along the
river. There were, however, thousands of newly hatched
toadlets that were probably the species, along the
banks of the river - both sandy, gravelly bank or near the
pools in the bedrock.
367-369
Scaphiopus couchi: seen only on the gravel
terrace above the river. Other heard calling
at night.
370-375
Pternochyla todensis: many seen and heard
around the pools in the exposed bedrock along the
river.