Thousand Creek Canyon is one of the more dramatically scenic and commonly visited areas of Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge. But...since Sheldon is out in the middle of the sagebrush, commonly visited does not mean the same thing it would in a national park. We hiked all day without seeing anyone else, and the trail marked on the map turned out to not really be a trail.
And, we saw (and caught) awesome herps. This lizard displayed quite the rock climbing prowess, and we also found this pacific treefrog. And subsequently lapsed into biology dorkiness and had a debate about whether it was in the genus
Pseudacris or
Hyla. In case you were wondering, it's
Pseudacris regilla.
Thousand Creek Canyon is one of the more dramatically scenic and commonly visited areas of Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge. But...since Sheldon is out in the middle of the sagebrush, commonly visited does not mean the same thing it would in a national park. We hiked all day without seeing anyone else, and the trail marked on the map turned out to not really be a trail.
And, we saw (and caught) awesome herps. This lizard displayed quite the rock climbing prowess, and we also found this pacific treefrog. And subsequently lapsed into biology dorkiness and had a debate about whether it was in the genus Pseudacris or Hyla. In case you were wondering, it's Pseudacris regilla.
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Thanks to the owner of this blog. Ive enjoyed reading this topic.
Nah, I was not really interested in the Linnean name....
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