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R. Zweifel
Oct. 20, 1951
Napa Co. Calif.
Today Bill Riemer, Bill Woodin and I took a trip north into Napa and Sonoma Counties. Our first stop was at the Robert Louis Stevenson Home,
2 mi E and 1 mi S Mt St Helena, Napa
Co. Here we collected by turning
over debris about the home and and
along the path to the Silverado Mine.
We found one Anides lugubris, three A.
flavipunctatus, four Ensatina and several
Batrachoseps.
From the Stevenson Home we went
to a ranch ("Montesol") 3 1/2 mi E
1/2 mi S Mt. St. Helena where the presence
of numerous aquatic triturus had been
reported. The Triturus were present
in artificial, spring fed pools some
of which also contained trout. 24
Triturus were taken. A single Rana
coyi was found in the overflow
stream from one of the ponds. Batrachos-
seps were taken nearly in the
douglas-fir - yellow-pine forest, in
an area of very sparse understory.
Another Rana Coyii was taken 2 1/2 mi
E Mt St Helena
Bear tracks were seen at Montesol.
They had been there since the last rain