J.D. Anderson 1958 Ground April 11 Valencia Fagoon, Rio del Mar, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. road. several large puddled (ponds?) with 10-12" of silt or bottom blocks the way also. Several trees across Rd. didn't help either. Finally left car on solid section of road & waddled with nets etc. to pond for work. Pond is not greatly enlarged after heavy rains. W end is more extensive. Barbarea area flooded - but shallow. Worked along S edge - some spot where early notes on eggs were recorded. Caught 16. Croceum larvae in 1 1/2 hour dip netting - working from small willow to S W most corner of pond (see sp account A.m. croceum). Ate lunch at 12:45. This time included measuring each larva, recording a water temp & writing notes on habitat. Drove over to the Edwards ranch to see if they had any salamanders for me & get permission to collect at Ellicott Pond. They had been away & had no cutters for me. Worked Ellicott pond at NW edge for about 1-2 hours. Got both tigrinum & A.m. croceum larvae for food study, collecting sample of food items at same time. Then worked a small, temporary pond - flooded field along San Antonio Rd. about 1/2 mile towards Fairdeban Road from Ellicott Pond. Got 2 larvae - apparently tigrinum. Croceum may use them too late