Field notes, v585
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1 mi. SE Divisadero, 850', Dep't. Morazan, El Salvador. Dec. 18, 1941. Large lizard, either Cnemidophorus or Ameiva (940), and an Orange-headed Sceloporus (939), both taken on the boulder-strown bank of a well-shaded, rapidly flowing stream. Also caught from an agave fence near Divisadero (927-see species accounts). These agave fences are quite common here, and are vir- tually impenetrable. The plants are shaped V and are spiny. These fences are the favorite habitat of young Ctenosaura completa, as they can easily get protection by crawling between the agave leaves. Other species are not found in those fences very often. Returned to camp about 1:30 p.m. and spent the rest of the afternoon rearranging jars, etc. Seitz's native boy brought me a box tortoise of a different species than the one obtained yester- day. It was taken from a pool in a stream on the mine property. Monte Cristo Mine, 700', Dep't. Morazan, El Salvador Dec. 19, 1941 Took a long hike from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. trying to get snakes or new species of lizards. Walked several miles east of camp and scoured the Mimosa scrub without success. Cnemidophorus are by far the most common lizard in the Mimosa scrub- where there is no tree growth, but all the in- dividuals are very small. Out of at least