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Transcription
Quart
1948
Phylodactylus unctus
May 10 San Jose de Comondú 200 ft Baja California
specimen no. 168 caught at 8:15 last
night on lava boulders 3/4 mile SW of town.
The air was beginning to cool at that time,
but the substrate on which the specimen was
found felt quite warm to the touch. The
habitat was large lava boulders with rocky
and powdery soil in between in which Opuntia
colla, creosote and other desert shrubs were
growing. The boulders were about 70 feet
from the sandy arroyo floor with its palm
trees and about an equal distance from
lava cliffs overhead. Subsequent searching
revealed no other geckos in the area. Minimum
temperature last night was 56°F, it being
quite cool at 11:00 pm last evening.