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W. Rieiner
1953
Journal
19 Apr. Calif: Mariposa Co.
made at Feliciano
Creek, 3 mi. NE Briceburg. Here Loyalia
and Triturus taten. Final stop at
0.6 mi. NE Briceburg made to collect
new species of Hydromantes. None found,
Soil too dry.
22 Apr. Calif: Contra Costa Co.
Visited both Triturus
study areas. Pinelhurst 0900-0945, Lafayette
1000-1045 hrs.
27 Apr. Visited Pinelhurst Triturus study area from
1350-1430 hrs.
1 May Calif: Alameda to Eldorado Co.
Left Berkeley at 0825 headed for Sierras east of
Sacramento. Objective: To collect series of Triturus
sierrae and especially gravid ff at points
near Eldorado Co., Butte Co., Shasta Co.,
and Triturus granulosus near Butte,
Shasta and Humboldt Co. and Triturus
rivalis from near Humboldt Co. Drive
to Sacramento took 2 hrs. First stop made
at: Sacramento Co., Sacramento - Eldorado Co. line
6 mi. E Watsona. Here in open rolling
grassland not far from grassland- oak-
woodland ecotone (See photo -35 mm for this date),
took 1 Thamnophis elegans atratus and 3 Sceloporus
at base of road fill talus. This spot just 100 miles
from Berkeley. Second stop at: Eldorado Co., Weber
Creek, 3 mi. SW Placerville. Stop made here last