Field notes, v1353
Page 171
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Kerdrickson 1950 Journal Sept. 5 Indian Cove, 3000 ft., San Bernardino Co., Calif. water. We collected 18 Hyla arenicolor from various pools, as well as several small Bufo punctatus of varying sizes, and one adult Bufo punctatus. All the higher pools contained tadpoles, and samples were collected. (See species account for details of Hyla collection). Penstemon were blooming in the wash. Cottonwood, Desert Willow, and Mesquite were dominant plants. Diverside Stubby Spring, 4750 ft., San Bernardino Co., Calif. Sept. 5 Enroute from Indian Cove to Stubby Spring, on 29 Palms-Joshua Tree Hwy, found DOR Maecophia flagellum about 24" long. Site was on Hwy, 3 miles of Joshua Tree. Set up camp beside road to Stubby Spring Trail, about 0.2 mi. from turnoff from Juniper Flat Road (marked by sign: "Stubby Spring Trail." Area in which camp is pitched is gently-sloping, hard-packed alluvium from hills beginning about 300 yds. S of road. Main drainage runs W about 50 yds. N. of road; beyond this to the N, are much-eroded hills (those closest to road rather small) of granitic boulders. The vegetation is dominantly Juniper.