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M.F. Smith
1974
JOURNAL
Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif.
May 18 Checked traps at 6:00am.
3 P. manic near fire hydrant at Davis' house
18 P. boyleyi under vegetation around bunkhouse
28 P. manic along back wall of lab building
31 P. manic " " " "
22 P. boyleyi (juv) around wall of unsafe barn
24 P. [illegible] (juv) " " " "
25 P. boyleyi dead? " " " "
39 P. manic by water trough down by big barn
40 P, dead? " " " " "
Temperature max Fri 58° F min Fri night 35° F
The class walked up the fence row on Haystack Hill beating the grass for snakes and lizards.
Saw Sceloporus occidentalis, Eumeces shilstoni, Terronotus multicarinatus, Cnemidophorus tigris, Coluber constrictor, and Masticophis lateralis. The Masticophis lateralis is a chaparral species. The female has a very long tail and no hemipenes. Terronotus multicarinatus regenerated tail has no notochord, just cartilage, and muscles also aren't as flexible. When a salamander regenerates a tail the break is between the vertebrae, but in lizards it is in the middle of the vertebra.