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  • Amphibia Aug [August] 18/44 [1944] - Spotted frogs (R. [Rana] pretiosa) seen at Hardy Lake (ponds south of Westbank). One adult was observed by flashlight sitting in water at edge of pond. When gun barrel was moved in front of its nose, it struck at it + seized the ends of the 2 barrels in its jaws!. Another specimen (or the same one) was seen on the opposite side the following a.m. [morning] It seized a red trap marker (cloth strip) dangled in front of its nose. Aug [August] 23 [1944] Two specimens of R. pretiosa were collected in stream at Yahk. Others were seen but no tadpoles. Aug [August] 22 + Sept [September] 1 [1944] Tree toads were heard calling at Kootenay Lake on these dates, at Kuskonook + at Gray Creek. A juvenile was seen at Kuskonook on Aug [August] 22. Aug [August] 23 [1944] Numbers of juvenile toads (Bufo boreas) were seen along stream edge at Yahk.
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