Sept. 7. Tripto Rio del Mar, Watsonville & Point Lobos. Picked up Dot & Don Wilhoft at 7:45 AM (POT) and drove to Valencia lagoon via the usual route. Spent an hour tearing apart a medium sized Nextome house. Hoped to find aestivation's Ambystoma - no luck. At bottom of house soil was very moist - could be packed into balls which did not break upon topping. Some water was squeezed out of the very deepest soil-humus layer. 11:30 we drove S to Watsonville on Rt 1 & then left or unnamed Rd towards Carmos - first left after crossing Pajaro river. With aid of Topsheet we found a small pond 1/2 mile off this main road on a smaller road road which turns off to Carmo. Here we found hundreds of Toricha grandis, newly metamorphosed juveniles, & several adults. Saw Rana aurora, Hyla regilla, & a jinx. Coluber constrictor. This pond is smaller th or either Valencia lagoon or the Ambystoma spot S E of La Selva beach. There was still water in it but its not likely temporary. Saw no Eleocharis as at other localities. Lots of Polygonum in water. Toricha found in much same situation as our 2 macrododglem at th La Selva Beach localites - i surely logs in shade of Willows at pond edge. Why is Toricha here & not elsewhere? are Ambystoma & Toricha mutually exclusive?? Returned to main road & stopped for a bit east at a large pond. This, however, was full- really full - of bullfrogs & there was few other sign of life, save 1 rook. From here we continued in an easterly direction to jct. C 101. Thence S by a jct W towards Castroville. Saw 2