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EL Karlstrom
1958
June 29
July 1 Porcupine Flot, 8100 ft, Morgan Co., Coly. Mark
Hjerselt remained in this area from Tuesday July 29
to Friday July 1 and made systematic searches for
more toads. His note to me states that he found
no signs of adult toads at Porcupine Flot Wed.
10 AM - 2 PM, 6:30 PM - 9 PM. Weather cloudy
and looked like rain. He caught a "water snake"
[Thamnophis] and 2 yellow-legged frogs.
June 30 "No sign of Yosemite Toad at Tomarch Flot or
Tomarch Creek up to the highway. Plenty of good-
looking toad area, however. There are two large -
meadows - that look particularly favorable on the trail
between Tomarch Flot and Hetch-Hetchy (south
side of road) one frog 100 yds. S on the trail
(S. of road) and another ΒΌ mile S on the same trail.
Yellow-legged frogs and one water snake collected.
Whole creek looks good for fishing as well as for
toads.
Saw a clutch of 5 eggs of Scinia juncus on the
ground, etc...... (see original sheet)
I am confident there are probably no breeding
toads in Tomarch Flot area or Mark would
have found the toad. My search last summer
yielded no evidence for Toads there. I still have
to find the species below 7000 feet in the
Sierra,