Heese, 14. 1993 August 3 (continued) crawled under the brush - very prickly! - but could not see him. That snake is especially adept at concealment above ground, thus he might have been in the ground, judging from the transmitter signal I was probably within 1m, thus merely a sound or movement. At 1700h a storm passed over this region that lasted until sometime after midnight, raining hard enough to make large pools on some roads - yet spotty enough to leave sections dry. I drove up Silver Creek Canyon at x 1715h and could actually see the boundary of one extremely localized shower a few meters ahead on the road. From x 1930-2200h I road hunted, first to Antelope Pass then to the San Bernardino Valley. Lots of toads - mainly Bufo cognatus I think. Got 5 snakes. A Thamnophis marcianus was twisted and writhing, obviously injured, and since a fude was coming I grabbed fast and tossed it on the passenger floorboard. A few minutes later it had disappeared, presumably beneath the seat, leaving a regurgitated toad. Much later, approaching the Hardys' house, I felt a snake crawl over my knee and as the cab-light saw and grasped the Thamnophis! Unloading the car I couldn't find the dead toad, and palpation revealed that at some point the snake had re-ingested it!