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238, 239, 241, 285-291. 1952: 20, 21, 47, 50-52, 55,
R. Zweifel
1953
191
April 29th
We went out again to Hwy 33 and north to Coalinga, then west on 198. Three Cuneus gilberti were taken beside a stream in Blue Oak woodland in Kern County near the Monterey County border. No more collecting was done. We returned to Fresno.
April 30
Drove from Fresno to Woodland Hills. Lots of new snow on the Tehachapi from the storms of the last few days.
May 1
Collected frogs (R. sioid, Hyla arenicolor, H. regilla) and Mastenophis lateralis at Lacyamoo Camp Ground, Little Rock Creek, Los Angeles County.
Returned home via Solidad Canyon. Stopped at Solidad Camp Ground to look for Rana boylii, but found none. The stream is 6' - 10' wide and seldom over 1' deep - more often 6". There are very few rocks even as big as 6" diameter. The bottom is sandy. There are considerable stretches of exposed sandy bank but also large areas where the willows and Baccharis grow down to and into the stream.
Three Rana aurora, one Hyla arenicolor and a Thamnophis elegans hammondii was taken here. The garter snake was