J. D. Anderson 1958 Ambystoma m. croceum July 5 Valencia Lagoor, Rio del Mar, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. 2 newly metamorphosed croceum taken in a thick clump of Tule. Clump so thick that they had to be stamped down in order to work. Very well soaked + moist on bottom. 4" of water were standing in clump on June 28, no standing water now. Soil muddy - water easily squeezed out from it. Salamander taken in a pile of dead Tule stalks. 1 was 3" from bottom of 12" pile. Other was on substrate, 1st had cl. temp. @ 15.8°C, temp of pile 15.5°C. air temp @ 1" above pile (temp & Tule clump) 17.5°C, 1 croceum forced from stomach of a Thamnophis July 5 1/2 mi NW Ellicott Rd Sta, 4 mi W Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co, Calif. 6 newly metamorphosed juveniles collected under willow logs & boards in Willow thicket 20-30 ft * from edge & receding Ellicott Pond. Cl. temp recorded below. cl. temp. under log. 16.0 15.8 17.0 16.0 16.0 15.8 15.2 15.2 16.4 { entwined -> 16.8 16.8} Canopy cover 70-80% in all instances.* None was closer from water than 30 ft but 1 which was 60 ft from pond edge. Saw another shrew in here