ELKerlston 1954 Bufo boreas (57) Oct. 19 Color notes ELK #390 adult ♀♀. B.c. slate gray but heavily marked with black or rust-stippled conical tubercles, each with dark tip. Black blotches on sides large & more extensive than →. The dorsal black blotches obscure vertebral stripe middle region of body. Stripe most distinct second region and gird joint, to parotoid glands. Parotoids light brown !2E P2L 15 clove. Venter similar to → #389 Nov. 8 ELK #389, #390 B. boreas halophilus Yovite Valley killed for skeletonizing. #390 showed new crop of eggs and follicles. Block eggs average 1.4 mm. diameter, gray-white follicles <1mm. No eggs in oviduct which is tightly coiled and flattened but not shrunk. 1.3 mi. N, 0.2 mi. W Cuvie Gate, Richmond Contra Costa Co., Calif. This locality checked during driving rain 4:15 P.M. today. Heavy fall rains started night of Nov. 7 and continued most of today without letup. Even so, the ground was not soaked under larger pieces of wood and some metal cover. Dick Russell spotted two juveniles (yearling probably) toads which we collected from in and under rusty cans. Two juvenile Taricha also taken from under piece of plywood 2x2' square. Air temp. 16.80 at 4:20 P.M. No other herps seen.