EL Karlston 1955 Batracherys alternatus June 9 Summit Meadow, 8100 ft., Kings Canyon Natl. Park, Fresno Co., Calif. Highest part of the meadow to left (NW) side of trail from Horse Corral meadow. 10:15 A.M. While turning loop at margin of meadow I found a single adult inside a rotted lodgepole pine (?) log 4'x 14". Area here in deep shade from tall canopy of mixed lodgepole pine and red fir. Pieces of rotted log lie in dense duff of rotted wood pines fir needles and some soil. Trap. where salamander dug 10.2° C. at 10:20 A.M. Air temp. 1" above dense duff 15.4°C (dense shade). A boggy Canadian zone meadow 75-100 yards wide, 300-400 yards long irregular in slope but extending roughly N+S by my compass. A small rivulet flows across than the meadow, nonifying in many places. Hydra adults taken. Rana muscosa adults and yearling tadpoles abundant. No signs of Bufo tods although Corral meadows 2½ mi. SE of here has Calij. toads in it. Sedges and gorses to 15" height. Also some juniper which like sedges have herds developed. Veronica demont willflower now in bloom. Lodgepole pine & fir reach max. height 50-100 ft. Rotted log & duff saturated so water can be squeezed out with fingers. Associated forms: centipede, beetle, 2 species of ants, spiders, millipedes (sample taken and preserved). Meadow clear of snow with small remnant patches are under the trees. Search out in boggy meadow and margin opposite one just searched revealed no more animals.