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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