W. Preiner 1952 Journal 5 Apr. Calif.: Alameda Co. Just 0.5 mi. further up the road lay a DOR Thamnophis elegans atratus subadult. 0.1 mi., further a subadult Gyrinotus multicaninus, body temp. 24.6° C. Examined one of small brooks tributary to Calaveras Creek near rattle snake locality but found no Triturus. One large R. boylii seen. Examined San Antonio's Creek where it crosses Calaveras Dam road but no Triturus. Water clean, deep pools, quiet flow or none on rock, sand and mud bottoms, plenty of overhanging and submerged roots and other vegetation. Perhaps open nature of terrain and vegetation is not favorable for Triturus. Hyla and Rana aurora common. Drove then to Coral Hollow SE of Tuinevere but because of arid desert like nature of place returned to and drove up Arroyo Mocho. Juvenile rattler picked up while leaving Coral Hollow. 25 ft. 12 Apr. Calif.: Santa Cruz Co., Waddell Creek, 3¼ mi. E Ano Nuevo Point, Party: C. Ray, R. Zweifel, H. Jordan and myself drove to this locality. Objectives: Ray and Zweifel to collect Oreides flavipunctatus, Jordan to collect lizards for Plasmodia, myself to collect Triturus. Trip, down State Hwy #1 takes 2 hours. Property of Hoover, permission quickly granted