RIBBLE, D.O. 1986 Journal 52 Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., CA. August 20 It sprinkled lightly this morning and remained partly cloudy and muggy (humid) most of the day. I added two more columns (stations 5,15-8,15; & 5,16-8,16) to grid EC-1, and finished setting traps at 1800 hrs. Finished resetting traps on MC-1 around 1900hrs. High this afternoon in mid 80s. [Hi=95 Low 60 trace rain] August 21 Clear & calm overnight; moon very bright. Started checking traps on MC-1 at 0400h (PST, daylight saving time). It is considerably cooler tonight (upper 60s) and no clouds 0510 - #757 ♀ (7A) - Limegreen on limbs, feet, tail, & mouth. Very faint, but definitely glow in dark as this color does. Finished checking traps by 8550 & started on EC-1 at 0615hrs Mastacopsis lateralis 0630 - Caught a slender snake at station (0,16). It's head was out of the trap and posterior 2/3 of body in trap. Seemed relatively unharmed. Dark green w/ Zebraan stripes along its sides. Ventral side whitish w/ black spots, tail underside rosey colored. Total length about 0.5m. 0650h - Dusked #610 (station 8,15) with RED. Watched her for ~5min, she was very sluggish, but eventually escaped to the trunk of the recently fallen oak 3m east of station 0715h - Dusked #835 (station 5,11) with Orange. She escaped to the east under shrub vegetation 0800h - Dusked #604 (4,13) with Green. He escaped east under blackberries Finished checking grid EC-1 by 0800hrs SUMMARY (MC-1) P.californicus: 9 captures (4♂:5♀) P.borlii : 16 captures (4♂:10♀); 1 new animal (♀) P. huei : 3 captures (1♂:2♀) N.fuscipes: 5 captures (1♂:4♀) Total captures = 33