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R. Zweifel
Isla San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
1951
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April 28
Prigym in one of the fissures, but saw no reptiles.
However, he didn't get atop the island where the plants
were.
Isla Chapetone is a low, rounded island with
a sandy beach on the landward end. Callosaurus
was very abundant here (see species account).
Isla Medio seemed to have no slope, though
we did not spend too long on it. It was quite rocky and
almost entirely covered with quino.
Isla Blama has a precipitous, cliff-like
periphery, but a rather rounded interior. The surface
of the island is littered with flat rocks which concealed
numerous insects, spiders (including black widows),
centipedes and scorpions, but seemingly no reptiles.
Blood found a colony of fish-bats on the island.
Both at camp again, a very large Bufo alvarius
was seen in the larger pothole, but in a position where
it could not be seen.
April 29
This morning I shot a couple of Cnemidophorus
tigris near the mouth of our canyon, but in its typical
tigris habitat, and a blurti a few hundred feet away at
our campsite. I also collected seven callosaurus on the
beach opposite Isla Chapetone for comparison with
those taken yesterday on the island. I drove to
Guaymas and then two or three miles further on the
road to Empalme to where a power line with
attendant road crosses the highway. One mile
north on this road I got a C. lortsi and a couple
of Mesanza. No Uta could be found, though I
looked especially for them. The Mesanza were on
rocks. Also saw a Sanomalus on a rocky outcrop,
but didn't get it.
Went back to Boschiborfor and with Bloodal
stuck away.