18, 1960 Squaw Meadows, Squaw Valley, 6200 ft, Placer Co. Cali. but we fed a lot of crow fish, Bruce, Dad, and Toug are going to the Five lakes tommorow, via the ski lift. This evening Tony and I went night hunting for wbber boas because it has been so warm today. we left the house about 7:30 P.M., when the meadow and lower part of the mountain to the south of the meadow were in shadow. We went across the meadow to the hills at the south side, which are rocky and forested (pine). Although we tramped around this area for quite a while, tore up numerous logs (many damp within), and turned over several rocks, we failed to find anything. We then went down to the creek. Here we discovered several Hyle bouncing around through the grass at the edge of a madhole at the east end of the meadow. We then decided to follow Sqaw Creek back to the house. we got a few toads and more Hyle, and were making good progress until we met three boys who were going to camp in the meadow. They told us a tale of wondervous adult toads near a beaver dam. We followed them back along the creek to the area, but, of course, got nothing but small Bito and Hyle. We later found the boys camp. I learned from them there are many Thamnophis and a few Pituophis in the meadow, but very few or no rattlesnakes around. They said that there were lizards all over the place, mostly Sceloporus, but also other types (not specified). The older boy (about 15) said he kading hadn't seen any Charmia or hampropeltis, but one of the younger boys (9-10) said he had