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Seib, R.
1985
Bahia de los Angeles to Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico
4 May the hotel restaurant. We night drove to
San Ignacio and back. Saw only two Phyllorhynchus,
a Chilomeniscus and a DOB Pituophis. The moon
came up right away, and it was pretty cold
NW of the gulf.
Santa Rosalia to Isla San Marcos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
5 May We went to San Lucas and San Bruno to look for
a boat. San Bruno is definitely the place: many
pangas and also closer. We arranged to
meet at 1530. The boat people were to
take us out, drop us off, and pick us up
at 1100 tomorrow for 4000 pesos (about 16
dollars). Went back to Santa Rosalia to buy
ice. No ice was to be found. We did
have an excellent fish dinner at a small
Loncheria near the highway. Got gasoline and
drove out to San Bruno. The boat ride was
short: about 10-15 minutes with an Eveready
55 horsepower. We made camp at a rock
beach at the mouth of a canyon just
left of center of the island on the West
side (see figure). The canyon itself stretched
East into the island for over a mile of
easy walking. During the last hours of daylight
Doris photographed and I explored. I caught
a surprisingly un-wary Sceloporus magister and
observed Callisaurus and Urosaurus to be