Locality note for rubber boa

CHARINA BOTTAE BOTTAE (N. Rubber Boa), USA: CALIFORNIA: Monterey Co.: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, east side of Hwy. 1, 80 km (50 miles) south of Carmel, Calif., (36.0719055 N 121.5991555 W) 19 June, 2009; (36.0703611 N 121.5982222 W) 06 July 2009; (36.9516666 N 121.5991944 W) 27 July 2009. In chronological order, photo vouchers MVZObs:Herp:26, MVZObs:Herp:27, MVZObs:Herp:28. Verified by Mitchell Mulks, formerly of 84 Redondo Ave. Suisun City, Calif., Michelle Koo, Staff Curator, Biodiversity Informatics & GIS and Researcher, MVZ, U.C., Berkeley, Calif. New southern extension of the species in the Santa Lucia Range of Monterey Co. approximately 48 km. (30 miles) south of previous range extension south of Carmel in Bixby Canyon (Burger, L.W., Herpetologica, Vol. 8. Part 1. March 22, 1952), and approximately 4 km. (2.5 miles) south of MVZ #229876 found 20 miles north of Nacimiento Road, at approximate coordinates of 36.10033 N 121.62026 W.