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Paul De Benedictis
1960
Nov 25 Chus. h Tilden Regional Park, Contra Costa, Co., Calif.
and raining and we couldn't tell where we were going. Once we got to the path we started looking for amphibians crossing the road. The first we saw was a Taricha crossing the road by the clubhouse to the golf course. At the Brazilian Gardens we stopped and walked along a road between the Gardens & the Brazilian Room. Mr. Curran caught a hexadactyl Taricha. We saw about 10 animals along the road, most going down to the creek. From here we drove up to the trains. We saw 30 or 40 neuts and got 1 Hyla that was hopping across the road to the golf course. The neuts were going every which way but they seemed to be disturbed by the lights of passing cars. We went up towards Inspiration point, but didn't see a single salamander. It was quite cool, and rained constantly the entire time put, and has been since about 1 P.M this afternoon, when we were out before.
I was surprised we didn't see any plethodontid salamanders on the road, even when we were walking so far today all I have really ended up with is two warm showers, but I have learned a lot (not to go collecting in the rain until next time)