Aug 18, 1960 Squaw Meadows, Squaw Valley, <200 ft, Placer Co., Calif. * had seen a strange, uniform brown snake "that looked like it was dead." and was 2 or 3 feet long (if kept growing) near a house. It might have been [oluber]. After learning this we started back home again, getting more Bufo and Hyla. We saw no other types of herptiles, but many bats, beetles + water bugs, and the eye-shine of houses and cows (it is bronzy-yellow, and brighter in cows). We got almost all of our specimens in places where the creek was shallow + moving, the bottom was gravelly rather than muddy, and the bank was gravel grading into the water. Animals were more common at the eastern part of the meadow, although conditions seem to be the same in all parts of the meadow. (there adult- was a forested area just beyond the toad site, here the boys had camped.). There are many willow thickets along the creek for the entire length of it, and the gravelly sites are similarly scattered. Hyla seems to be more uniformly spread than Bufo, and there were no Rang in this part of the stream. Most of the animals were in the water at the edge of the creek, but several Hyla and one Bufo were well out in the water when found. We left about 4 Bufo and a dozen Hyla in the creek, and turned 4 Hyla loose later. We got back about 9:45 P.M. I hope some of the Bufo are big enough to identify*. Tomorrow I am going to hunt for Thamnophis + lizards. I wish I had more time here as I still would like to get to Nevada and explore. *(they are)