Field notes, v1731
Page 275
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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