Field notes, v1521
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Time gecko temp air temp just under surf deeper 7:30 14.2 15.5 18° 2" down 7:40 20.4° 15.5 17.8 3" 8:20 19° 14.7 16° 17.5 2 1/2 8:30 18° (fat tail) 8:35 20.4° 17.5° 17.6 3" 8:40 18.4 14.4 8:45 16.2 15.6 18.0 4" overnight minimum temp was 55°, saw no spiders while gecko hunting July 5 Distance between geckos 86 yds, 33 yds, 45 yds, 130, 60. soil temp at 4" = 17.5° at 7:30 a.m.; air (4.4; surface 15° my traps in the arrowys had 2 live Phyllodactylus many lizards stolen by tiny nocturnal ants. nothing on 3 foot trap. Ray had one little ant-eaten in snap trap, probably amnicus, nothing in Anita's live. ants caught two lizards on the hard desert in mining-mound like areas of soft sand surrounding burrows. air temp at spring tollb 11:30; 17.7. rectal temp of large fat-tailed gecko in paper cup: 20.2. at 11:45: air 18.0; rectal 19.5° Drove up to the espila de Curiaga (11km NE San Bartolo) at 8 a.m. lots of green fauna animals plus some small lizards, numerous snails, a few probably large beetles? larval, seed-snipes. The gecko faces were full of insects. The live amnicus when handled and caged were leapy and frantic like mine, unlike