J.D. Anderson 1958 Journal March 19 Valencia Lagoon, Rio del Mar, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. Checked water traps at 8 am. No Ambystoma - about 15 Hyla tadpoles & assorted minutebrates. Drove over to Ellicott Area. Pond slightly larger + much much clearer than Valencia. Went over to check with Mr. Edwards + get permission to work the area. He gave me 1 Ancilla lugubris, spoke of "water dogs" in a fish pond on his property. Checked this pond - got 1 adult >> Taricha granulosa. Pond is fed by a spring + is permanent, roughly circular + 25 yds in diameter. Watercress abundant all along edge. After this Mr. Edwards accompanied me over to Ellicott Pond. He remembered seeing a black + yellow salamander under a woodpile just SE of pond among the willows. He + I moved (log by log) several large woodpiles. Found 2 od. A m. crepusculum under logs at bottom of woodpile (see sp. account). Worked at this until 2 pm. Mr. Edwards is very sympathetic to my work + has been very helpful. He tells of ploughing up Ambystoma tigrinum on the ridge just E. of Ellicott Pond. He describes them as very large, black with whitish round spots along the sides. Ate lunch at 2; then began dip netting for larvae in Ellicott Pond. Got 17 larvae in 2 hours. Apparently both!