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Seib, R.
1983
Mulege to La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
9 May
Chose rocks and then headed back to La
Paz in high gear. 3.6 miles from the La
Paz city limits I picked up a fresh DOB
Lampropeltis getulus ♀ at 13:00. It seems
warmer near La Paz and I suspect there
is more snake activity here at this time.
Back to the hotel and totally collapsed.
La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
10 May
Woke late, 10:30, had breakfast and then
spent 2 1/2 hours weighing, measuring and
dressing the animals. Spent the day
at the hotel beach and pool. Got ice
and gas in town. Can't believe how
big the city is. All my old familiar
routes have been converted to one-way
streets. They went overboard in this
respect. Drove out to the rocks near San Antonio
before sunset. Picked up a large DOB
Masticophis outside of La Paz. Beautiful sunset
in the hills above San Antonio. Picked
up a live baby Chilomyscus cinctus at
this time and thought it was a sign
of good things to come. However, we didn't
see anything else for two hours. In the
rocky area just North of El Triunfo we
got a live (Crotalus mitchelli) in the process
of swallowing a mouse on the road. This