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P. Zweifel
300
June 25, 1951
301
Lerhonotus multicernatus wellii
Paso Puerco Public Camp, Cuyamaca Rancho
State Park, San Diego Co., Calif.
At about 7:15 this evening at the outdoor
theater I heard a rustle in the leaves beside
a stone foundation, but found nothing. Later on,
about 8:15 PM, I returned to the same spot and caught an alligator lizard going into a hole in the masonry. This was shortly after sundown. A few minutes earlier at my cabin the air temperature was 12°C. Unfortunately I had no thermometer when the lizard was caught. The ground was undoubtedly much warmer than the air.
The lizard is a gravid female.
July 8, 1951
Krum Valley Falls Public Camp, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, San Diego Co.
When frightened at the edge of a small pond,
an adult Lerhonotus, an adult swam rapidly across about 6' of still water and ran out on the opposite shore.