and pickled the specimens obtained to date. Got one Cnemidophorus gularis looking along the parking area above the Springs outflow. Phlyp saw another and we saw two more later on the road to The Springs proper to fill water bottles. Did some shopping i[illegible] Del Rio and then headed east along U.S. Hwy. 277 toward Laredo. Stopped at Sycamore Creek and a Kinney Co. on the north side of the road & the east side of the creek I got the following: Thamnophis proximus: found in a moderately deep depression with an isolated pool of water just next to the flowing water of Sycamore creek. Color: Head spot and anteriormost part of mid-dorsal stripe pale yellow with a faint orange wash, remainder of mid-dorsal stripe dirty orange; lateral stripe pale beige; dark color between mid-dorsal & lateral stripe dark brown; dark color below lateral stripe & above ventals very olive green; venter/pale green. Also saw, but did not collect, Cnemidophorus sp., Sceloporus sp. and Holbrookia.