Field notes, v1600
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Seib, R. 1983 (Cataviña to Bahía de los Angeles, Baja California Norte, México 7 May own pocket. She told me to go to room number 8 - no key. The beach flat rooms have a terribly beautiful and scenic view of the bay which is dotted by islands. The toilet didn't really work, but that was OK. I picked all the animals then passed out for an hour and a half. We cooked some canned soup and ramen noodles and went out to night drive. It was perfect weather at the beach, but halfway to the night-driving road which goes by a rocky hill for 4 1/2 miles, it got cold and windy. To my surprise, we still picked up 7 (Stonge and 3 Crotalus auge, including a DOR. The former were cold to the touch. The first two I were interacting on the road. I saw that they were both males and shot one lacked a tail. Later I noticed that all the (5) males had broken or regenerated tails, while the (two) females had good tails. This seems to be a clue that males are fighting for something. Drove back and slept on cot on the beach.