Journal and species accounts, v1347
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Hanken, James Journal Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California Perry Siler Dr. Doug Powell's locality 20 Sept Tom Hethington and I returned from the White Mtns last night, having left in the AM but making several stops en route. We first checked Silver Canyon NE of Bishop for salamanders. We followed the road of E of laws until the creek disappeared below ground and then worked our way down to canyon. A good amount of water was flowing but access to moist areas was difficult because of dense willow thickets. Even when one could reach likely microhabitats no salamanders were found. I found a kingsnake sunning itself on the creek bank and Tom found a dead shrew beside the stream. We stopped just W of the Yosemite Park boundary after crossing Tioga Pass to look for termite diags. No termites were found, but Tom collected one juvenile Ensatina under a rather dry log. Also, we collected a DOR Masticophis taeniatus on the road out of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest NW of Westgard Pass. A Sceloporus had been squeezed out of its stomach when it was killed. We arrived in Berkeley at ~9:30 PM