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Murray
1948
Journal
June9 San Juan de la Serradera, 1600' ft., W base Sierra Laguna
as I saw only a Cnemidophorus maximus
and a couple of Callisaurus. In the brushy
ground next to the wash there was mostly
dumboi, coral and others, with blooming
palo zorillo to give color to the parched
landscape. Much of the ground was covered
with dried leaves. Lizards were scarce
here also. Saw several Cnemidophorus
hypenethrus and shot 1. All the lizards seem
more timid here. Callisaurus draconoides
rushes off in a manner more like the
northern ones, although the ones that
I watched would repeatedly hide under a bush,
then rush off again when chased. Saw several
Cnemidophorus maximus but couldn't get
within 20 feet of any. These seemed to stay
put when they hid. Found a few Urosaurus
microscutatus later in the afternoon when
it was a little cooler. Shot 1 and also
1 Callisaurus. The latter were largely
in not too thick brush with leafy ground.
In the evening found bats pretty scarce.
They apparently were mostly Eptesicus.
June 10 Same location to La Laguna.
In the morning they had to finish rounding
up the mules and we did not get started
until 10:4 M. The trail did not prove