Greene, H. 1983 9 September ≈2 mi N. California City, Kern Co., California Clear, moonless night, lots of stars and Milky Way as we (John Carothers, Claudia Lake) drove in just after midnight. At 0006hr we hit a neonate Crotalus scutulatus on Neuralia Rd. Slept at the junction of two dirt roads just W. of the Tortoise Reserve. 5 mi N. California City, Kern Co., California Beautiful orange eastern sky before 0600, coyotes calling in the distance. From ≈0813 to ≈0915 we walked a circuit I usually try, Saw no Gopherus; numerous tracks of Cnemidophorus tigris and 2 juv.; 5 Uta stansburiana; 1 ø Phrynosoma platyrhinos (≈0915hr, not gravid); and 1 adult Crotalus scutulatus. The rattlesnake was in shade, in open, on W. side of a creosote bush at 0848 hr. It seemed sluggish - never rattled continuously nor moved fast, but did quickly assure S-coil. Found a small adult Gopherus crossing Neuralia Rd. ≈1-2 mi N. of California City, in sun at 0946hr. Had lunch at the Sidewind Cafe in Newberry Spring, San Bernardino Co. Owner told me she'd seen a photo of a "diamond scale" rattlesnake 5-6 feet long from the mountains south of town - but I'm very skeptical as Crotalus atrox shouldn't be here and C. mitchelli and C. scutulatus don't get that big. We reached the "Bunny Club" ≈1700hr.