Field notes, v585
Page 197
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Davis 1941. 12 Monte Cristo Mine - Mt. Lacagnatique. Dec. 24, 1941. had already left. Joe and I set out on foot, and walked until about 10:15 a.m. when we caught up with the rest of the party at Uluaquin, a small town, where they had stopped at a native woman's house for something to eat. Joe and I ate, and then we all went on together. There is a continuous rise from Jotera to the town of Delicias de Concepcion, several miles be- yond Uluaquin. About 1 1/2 miles beyond Deli- cias de Concepcion the road turns road leading to General Jose Thomas Calderon's coffee ranch (Finca San Carlos) leaves the main highway and goes west, leading up the east slope of Mt. Lacagnatique. Up to this turn-off, the country was much the same as at Monte Cristo, savinosa scrub interspersed with cornfields and banana groves. Lizards were scarce, but young of Utenosaura completa were seen in agave fen- ces all the way to the turnoff. Just outside Ulu- aquin I saw a fence lizard (Sceloporus) which was brown above with two yellow bars several stripes. This was a species not heretofore sen, and this first individual was on the side of a tree at an estimated 1000' altitude. The road to Calderon's finca passes through grass- land, reaching the oak belt at about 1800'. There