Field notes, v1308
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Greene, lt. 1994 May 6 Coral Hollow, San Joaquin Co., California at about dusk, Brian Simon, a student in my Natural History of the Vertebrates course, found the shed skin of a Salvadora near the base of the grassy slope that forms the back (south) side of Castle Rocks. This is interesting because D.J. Vitti told me that as a kid he found a Salvadora just east of here but still in Coral Hollow. July 15 Two snakes received earlier, one a Tantilla hobartsmithi from Meredith Mahoney (grad. student here) and me a Crotalus willardi from Fred Wilson - this latter specimen received last Fall but not entered due to an error in the elevation sent me and our move to a new museum. The actual locality for the willardi is 1.2 mi S. of jet. of Hwy 83 and Ft. Huachuca Rd., 31° 31' 20" long., 110° 30' 5" lat., Range 18 E, Township 22 S; on section line of Sections 10 and 15, 300m from 12 mi. marker post (betw. 12 and 13 mi. markers, and 5 mi. W. of mouth of Algeita Canyon. Habitat is a rocky ridge w/ grass and oaks 200 m. wide then sloping down to 5000' on either side. Found AOR/DOR at 1740 hr on August 8, 1993, by F.M. Wilson. Rattle w/ 5 segments, stong taper, nubbin. ♂ 480 + 60 mm, 106.8 g, presumably in transit!