Field notes, v1501
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B.R. MOON 1987 Journal 14 11 April 1 Km Southwest of Arrowweed Spring, Providence Mountains, San Bernardino county, CA. T9N R3E Sec 27 nw'ly. 1257 PST. Bruce and I found an adult ♀ leopard lizard on the dirt road to the Pine Tree Ranch site. Habitat was flat, rocky, and Creosote bush-Yucca vegetation. At Arrowweed Spring, we found some standing water, mud mostly, and a lot of cow signs. We found another adult ♀ leopard lizard in the shade of a large rock in the dirt road. This lizard was emaciated and had dirt (dried mud) on her underside around her hind legs, feet, and cloaca, perhaps from laying and burying eggs recently (species cut. Leopard Lizard). The weather was very windy with 75-80% hazy cloud cover, but warm (~20°C). We also drove up into Quail Spring Basin, checked it out, and then went back to Dorner's camp. About 1700 PST, people from John Carothers class began to arrive at Dorner's camp from Cabrillo College. They made a lot of noise moving in.