J. Rodgers -1942- 1942 Iriturus torosus July 5. 2 mi. SE Bala Peak, 1080 +/- ft., Contra Costa Co., Calif. Alden Miley, Dan McGaggart Cowan, Bob Stare and I were on this ridge at 6:45 am. looking for skinks. (see more description under Eumeces skiltonianus, p.20) Many times in such dry grassy ridges as this, we have found Iriturus - most commonly small ones about the size of my no. 3 3/4 (annulent vent length 41 mm). We have always considered it an extremely dry, hot place for an amphibian. (we have found Oнеидеа at least as commonly as Iriturus). The weather was cold enough this morning to make our hands feel numb, a strong wind was blowing, and fog was blowing over the ridge densely enough to cut out visibility to as little as 30 yards at times and always to 75 yards or less. The fog was collecting on the rock that crop out at points along the ridge and the water was running down them and dripping from them. On the talus around one of these outcrops we found 6 Iriturus. They were crawling over the talus. No observation was made of whether or not they were foraging. One Oнеидеа was also seen moving about. This shows that the "hot dry" ridges of the Bala hill are not always hot and dry, and that these poikilotherms can easily take advantage of the available moisture even at low temperatures.