Adult above dark olive; below pale with dark throat and yellow thighs; measured: 44 mm (1 in.). Torpid adult found submerged, beneath stone at waters edge.
Many detected during rainy night, found on roads intersecting orchards. Huge adult obtained from road, but not measured. Prior to being measured, it was placed down in order to be photographed, but once on the ground it leaped with such velocity, distance, and sequence, that it vanished into surrounding vegetation. Other amphibians detected include Bufo cognatus and Bufo woodhousii.
Hundreds observed in hot spring and when approached, most quickly leaped into water. Adults, juveniles and tadpoles viewed. Above grayish, brown, or greenish with dark spots and pale, dorsolateral ridges that reflected inward at rear; below white. Two males examined measured: SVL 77 mm (3 in.); SVL 50 mm (2 in.); juveniles measured 40 mm (1 in.); SVL 45 mm (1 in.).
In shallow rain pool dozens of breeding Rough-skinned Newts, one male Northern Red-legged Frog, and over 5-dozen Northern Red-legged Frog egg clusters observed. Oddly, the clusters appeared to have been deposited in a pool that will dry in a couple months. The area was recently clear cut by a lumber company and only tree stumps and tree seedlings surrounded the area.