Field notes, v1731
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Zweif 228 Mar. 4, '75. Sonoma C., Calif. I found 15 Aneides flavipunctatus and one Aneides lugubris. Three small Aneides found beneath bark on a fallen oak log was probably A. lugubris, although at the time they were not distinguished from juveniles A. flavipunctatus. The temperature beneath one A. flavipunctatus found was 11.2° C. A sceloporus found beneath a board had a body temperature of 11.8° C. The liquid was telegraphic of movement. One of the skinks was beneath a board, and could move only very slowly. The other was seen at the edge of a rock under which it attempted to hide. Its body tem- p perature was 16.2° C. One Diadophis was under the rock under which the skink tried to hide, the other Diadophis under a rock about two feet away. I saw only 9 Batrachoseps at this locality. Several Triturus viridarius were found at the edge of the stream. Others were seen crossing the road in the rain, both in mid- and late afternoon.