Field notes, v1304
Page 203
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Helen, H. 1980 5 October scooter, and said there were 3 rattlesnakes (cont.) there - "timbers" "diamondbacks" and "Mojave greens." Perhaps he meant C. viridis and C. mitchelli by the first two. Said he had washed some "immature salamanders" out of some sort of water pipe on his property, and that there was a spring nearby. From his description (response to Marlow's questioning) the animals could have been Batrachocaps. The locality is a slope below high rocky, open hillsides with many Joshua trees at the level we were hunting, which was 3.9 rd. mi. SE of the Walker Pass sign. Dropped Marlow off after lunch in Bakersfield and made it into the MVZ ≈ 1800. The overall impression was of few reptiles seen (10 snakes, a few dozen lizards), and most of them juveniles - although it was very hot in the afternoon (≤100°F). Very few flowers too.