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ELI Kolston
1955
Bufo conexus
Feb. 9 Letter dated today this date received from
Robert L. Wierzej, Sacramento State College.
Vial #56 (tadpoles)
3/4 mi. W of Carnegie Institution's cabin in
Hawey Hall Natural Area, at east base of Mt.
Conexus, 10,000 feet, Mono Co., Calif. July 30,
1952.-In a pond roughly 150 yards in irregular
diameter, with much short emergent grass. Water
range .65° F in shallow edges 1-2" and 64° F
in over 6" deep.
Elbetta Pass specimens:
2.4 miles (dry road) S of State Hwy. 4,
7800 feet, Alpine Co., Calif.-Small artificial
pond 6'x15' not over 12" deep, supplied by
seepage from east slope of Weyer Desert Valley.
Pond in a small wet meadow grazed by cattle.
Many of the larvae taken from shallow (2-3")
seepage streams above pond; also sometimes in
brook points. Short grass & sedge in meadow and
stream. (same locality as 1952 collection).
* Above Elbetta Pass is a range extension
of = 16 air-line miles from Sierra Pass locality.
Wierzej will publish Herpetologia 1955.