Catalogue and species accounts, v1302
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D.A. Good 1982 Journal Kettle River to Vancouver, B.C., cont' 8 July (cont') evidence we have had of them is in rock-slide areas + boulder-strewn slopes. Vancouver, B.C. to Salty Bay Provincial Park, B.C. 9 July Spent the day today driving N on Hwy 101 along the W coast of the B.C. mainland. We reached Powell River ca. 1500 and stopped off at a tourist information booth to see if there was a provincial park in the area with a naturalist whom I could ask about alligator lizards. As it turned out, there wasn't, but I was directed to the Cranberry Lake Wildlife Sanctuary where I talked to the naturalist Clyde Burton. He told me of a place where he had seen many lizards and gave me directions thereto. We drove S along 101 to Lois River, then N on a country road to the Lois Lake Dam, where we looked for lizards among the boulders and rock piles buttressing the dam. We found 5, 3 of which we caught. We also caught 2 Thamnophis. The vegetation in the area is Douglas fir, red cedar, etc., but in the immediate vicinity of the rock piles we were looking for were alders, blackberries, etc. Since we reached the above locality in the late afternoon, we found few animals. I intend to return tomorrow morning and try for some more. We camped for the night in Salty Bay Provincial Park, a few mi. S of our collecting locality.