R. MOON 1987 Journal 93 25 May Goldstone Spring, Providence Mountains, San Bernardino co., CA. Bob Macey, Bruce Waggs and I went to Goldstone Spring to check my pitfall traps there. The weather was cool on our way up the canyon early this afternoon. In two traps at Goldstone Spring I got one skink and an spiny lizard (Species accounts: Gilbert Skink; Desert Spiny Lizard). In the traps at the spring just southeast of Goldstone Spring Bruce found two more skinks (species accounts: Gilbert Skink). After this we drove to Searchlight, Nevada. on Nipton Road (Hwy164) we found a dead long-nosed Snake that corresponded to the old description of Rhinocheilus lecontei clarus in the Joshua tree woodland just east of the Nevada CA- border. From Searchlight, Nevada we drove to cottonwood Cove at one of the lakes on the Colorado River. Before sunset we hiked around the mountain about 5 miles west of the cove. We also searched the sandy wash south of these mountains and of the road. We saw a few Zebra-Tailed lizards and I found a dead contd.