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R. Zweifel
May 23, 1952
Aneides flavipunctatus
59
2 mi. NW Calistoga 610', Napa Co., Calif.
Fifty flavis were found in about 1½ hours of
collecting at this locality. About half the
number were associated with a fallen
digger-pine, either on the rotten log,
under back, or beneath the logs on the
ground. The remainder were beneath rocks.
Aneides lugubris was greatly outnumbered
here, only 12 being found - these too were
equally distributed between logs and rocks.
On one occasion, 2 lugubris and one flavi
were found under the same rock.
The locality of capture is on a ridge trending
south-westward into the north end of the
Napa valley. The immediate site of
collection is a grassy hillside spotted
with a few black oak, manzanita, and
digger pine. A single douglas fir is
mixed in with oaks and manzanita
about 200 yards up the ridge, and about
¼ mile down the ridge there is a homestead
surrounded by Doug firs and oaks.
Probably before the land was cleared
this spot was in the marginal area
where the fir forest meets the digger pines.
The temperature at the site of collection
in one of the logs was 14.2°C