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U. Memmler
1942
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Itinerary
April 19, Bald Peak, 1850 ft., 1 mi. E Berkeley, Contra Costa Co., Calif.
Tom Rodgers, Walter Dalquist and I went out
at about 7:00 A.M. to hunt Skinks. We
drove to the Botanical Gardens in Strawberry
canyon and left Tom's car here. We then
headed straight up the hill to Grizzly Peak.
Walt picked up traps he had set the evening
before along the way. We found several
rocky outcrops on the east and south
slopes of Bald Peak. Bald Peak is E of
Grizzly and at the south-east corner
of Wilden Regional Park. We collected
1 Rattle Snake and 1 Gopher Snake. Dalquist
cought 20 Skinks, Rodgers caught 14 Skinks
and I caught 6 Skinks. We also caught
several Sceloporus and saw many Triturus
and some Annulides. We returned to
the Botanical Gardens by 10:30 A.M.
May 3,
Eastside Bald Peak, 1800 ft., 1 mi. E Berkeley, Contra Costa Co., Calif.
Tom Rodgers, John Grey and I looked for
Skinks under rocks in this locality from
about 8:00 to 9:30 A.M. We caught
Eumeces Sceloporus 2 Styla and
1 Lampropeltis getulus. I caught 5 Skinks,
4 Sceloporus and the 2 Styla. We reached
this location by driving to the Botanical
gardens in Strawberry canyon and
walking up the canyon and over the ridge.