J.D. Anderson 1958 Journal May 25 Albany to Calaveras Co., Calif. Got another gartersnake (T. s. couchii). This body of water is deep + steep sided and obviously artificial. Many fish & fishermen seen. No sign of salamanders. Worked in Oak - maple riparian above reservoir but found nothing. Worked slowly back thru Murphys, San Andreas, Sonora & Stockton. Checked several stock ponds in foothills but got nothing. All natural ponds are apparently dry at lower (below 2000 ft) elevation. The bigger pine belt doesn't look like Ambyzostoma Country. Roller's hills with storms not favorable. It is christianally like the valley - hot + dry. This belt probably separates A. macrodactylum and A. trigenium. However at high water, as now, such streams as Calaveras & Stanislaus may bring Ambystoma macrodactylum down from higher elevations. After reaching Stockton & drove home on freeways. Arrived Albany at 4:45 pm very tired & disappointed.