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Davis
1941.
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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