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Arndt, Steve
1963
JOURNAL
April 10 15 miles E. of San Luis, Sonora, Mexico
under a creosote bush.
Crossed Mexico-Arizona border at San Luis.
Stopped in San Luis', Yumas Co., California Arizona
near an irrigation channel to look for Thamnophis -
Uta stansburiana taken.
Crossed Arizona-California border at Yuma,
Yuma Co., Arizona. Stopped about 25 mi. E of
Calxico, Imperial Co., California -- reddish-brown
soil -- flat plain-creosotes more green and
more abundant than in Sonora -- lizard tracks
(Cnemidophorus or perhaps Dipsosaurus) but no
specimens seen.
Drove north up the east side of the Salton
Sea. Reached Desert Hot Springs, Riverside Co., California
about 7:30PM. Strong wind - Dipodomys active - no
reptiles on road.
Checked traps in Whitewater Canyon, Riverside Co,
-Uta stansburiana, Bufo punctatus. Slept near the
Fish Hatchery.
April 11 Drove to Cabazon, Riverside Co., California. Mouse,
scorpions and Uts under surface litter 1 mi. S.E.
of Cabazon. 1 1/2 miles E.S.E. of Cabazon, base of San
Jacinto Mtns., 1 Emmeces and Uta weaveri found
in traps. Sceloporus orcutti, Callisaurus and Hyla
trenicolor sighted. Uta stansburiana taken in traps
1 mi. S.E. of Cabazon. Boys hunting in the dunes