D. Zweifel
1953
Journal
6mi WSW Tres Adjuntas, 8500', Durango, Mexico
July 10
No reptile hunting at this camp has been rather poor.
Only a single garter snake (T. enana) has been taken, and
two rattlers (C. pricei). We have found few Selagosus.
S. janowi, S. poirnetti and S. grammicus are all present,
but with the exception of S. grammicus have been most
difficult to find. Only a single S. janowi has been caught,
and two thus S. poinetti. The latter were associated with
logs or stumps, a departure from the usual rocky
habitat.
The weather has been such as to inhibit reptile activity.
Usually the clouds form in mid to late morning and
cut off the sunlight before the area is sufficiently warm
to stimulate much activity. An exception was the
day yesterday (yesterday) when the cloud held off until early
afternoon, and the collecting picked up greatly (one
rattler, 11 skinks, 1 Phrynosoma). The series of skinks
was particularly valuable in that it enabled us to
identify the jewel juveniles collected at the El Veguel
camp, verifying them as a new state record, and a
range extension of close to 200 miles.
Birds identified at this site were red backed juncos,
"black-capped" chickadee, pygmy nuttatch, white breasted nut-
natch, spotted towhee, acorn woodpecker, red-shafted
flicker, Steller's jay, man sp?, flycatchers sp?,
Blue-throated hummingbird, white-eared hummingbird (?), and
solim