J. Rodgers - 1943 Thamnophis ordinoides atrotus April 18, 1943 Mrs. Vert Zool., Univ. Calg., Berkeley, Alameda Calf. note on garter snake (T.R. 3812) taken April 15, 1943, at Romers Creek, 450 ft., 5 mi. N Parkers Bar, Merced Co., Calg. The snake was kept alive in a 1 gallon mayonnaise jar with two large yellow-legged frogs (Rana boylii boylii). During the night of April 17, one of the frogs disappeared and a large bulge was noted in the snake. The snake was chloroformed and thoroughly injected with 75% alcohol (especially the bulge).