Alcee, H. 1989 August 16 back to Barney's house, from ~2000-2240 h. Until (continued) ~2200h the sky was exceptionally dark, due to a full lunar eclipse and heavy cloud cover. This plus large electrical storms all around the valleys made the night spectacular. Saw a neonate Crotalus (2201h) and subadult Pitophis melanoleucus (2207h) on the Portal Rd, nothing at the Sistrurus site on two passes, and only a Thamnophis marciatus on Hwy 80. Got an adult Lampropeltis getulus at 1.6mi NW Hwy 80 on State Line Rd, at 2135h - the snake was crawling as truck approached, and tried to crawl away rapidly as I got close. Only response to handling was to squirm - but it later crawled through the snake bag and escaped in Barney's house. Got three snakes on the Portal Rd: a Tantilla nigriceps that squirmed w/ body rigid and chewed my finger repeatedly; two adult, very nasty Crotalus scutulatus (4.5 mi E. of Portal at 2153h, very yellow; 2.1 mi E of Portal, 2200h); and a neonate Trimorphodon biscutatus that only squirmed when handled. August 17 Spent an hour or so w/ Diane Wagner (former UCB undergrad, now at Princeton U.) at her butterfly study site E. of Portal. At ~1115h we used telemetry to locate the two Crotalus molossus, ~50-60m uphill from where they were released yesterday. The snakes were lying together under a flat-sloping boulder,