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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.