J.D. Anderson 1958 Journal Jan 9 Valencia lagoon, Rio del Mar, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. Left MVZ at 7:30 am with Dan Wilkoff. Drove via usual route. Arrived Rio del Mar at 10:00 am. Began working in oak woods. Found a fairly recent pit (dug for cess pool) near new home being erected. This pit (described under species account - a. macrodactylum for this date) formed an efficient amphibian trap. 9 Ambystoma, 5 Ensatina + 30 Hylo regilla were found in it. In addition there were 3 badly decomposed mice almost surely Peromyscus (4 probably three). We studied this trap for most of the morning. Made a thorough check of the pond area and found just 1 Ambystoma under a large flat stone. Still no water in pond or. I'm beginning to worry again. After lunch we drove over to La Selva area and checked the Ambystoma pond. Found fair number of fresh macrodactylum eggs but found no adults at all. Left here about 3 pm, drove to Edwards ranch to ask permission for night work in this area. Mrs. Edwards had a nice adult Taricha granulosa for us. She got it in her back yard. This is closest yet to the Ambystoma areas. We worked small stream near the Edwards place till 4:30 pm. Then ate supper and returned to Valencia at dark. 5:30 pm. Some clouds in sky during latter