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W. Reiner
1951
Journal
20 Oct. Calif: Napa Co. lugubris, 3 Ancides
flaripunctatus, and several Batrachoseps.
Then we drove to a spot which allegedly
had many Triturus in some ponds just
one week ago. This information from
Dr. Camp and Mrs. Mary Major. A
good road leads from the highway just
below the Lake-Napa line to the
home of Robert Rivermore - "Monterol"-
Located 3½ mi. E, ½ mi. S Mt. St. Helena.
Here the party collected in several
artificial pools 29 Triturus granulosus
and 1 Rana boylii. In the vicinity
Zureifel picked up 1 Sceloporus occidentalis.
He claims he saw some S. gracilis
also. On a dirt road, impressed in
the dried mud were a series of
tracks which all agreed were those of
a bear. I was unaware that bears
occurred in the coast ranges. The
apple orchards and grape arbors of
the Rivermore place would no doubt
please the bear. The general region
is one of young dense conifer
forest with little understory. We
returned to the highway at which place
the road crosses a small stream.
Here one Rana boylii secured, locality: