Catalogue and journal, v1563
Page 735
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W. Riemer 1952 Journal 1 Mar, Calif.: Alameda Co. to Butte Co. 1015 hrs, party of Zweifel, Keith and Cynthia Murray and myself left Berkeley in Zweifels car. Objective: for Zweifel to see specific localities near Chico and collect P. boylii, for myself to collect Triturus. Arrived in Chico at about 1445(?hrs. One stop made at mine site where ponds present in mine debris. P. boylii captured here, Hyla eggs present both well developed and apparently newly laid. This locality in H. regilla account. Terrain between Chico and De Sable, Magalia, Paradise, etc., appears to be a plateau (of volcanic origin?) with abundant vertical cliff faces. Streams apparently then have dissected it into many parallel flat-topped ridges. Many places with much water seepage over rocks. Hydromantes present? 2 Mar. Calif.: Butte and Yuba Co. to Alameda Co. Entire day spent in southern Butte Co., in digger pine, oak zone. Sceloporus, Eunice, Gerrhonotus, Rana, Triturus collected. Returned home after dark. 8 Mar. Oregon: Benton Co., 7 mi. N. Cowallis A series of Triturus granulosus collected 31 Jan. 1952 in Arboretum Pond of Peavy Arboretum by P.A. Pimental and subsequently sent alive