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Sceloporus graciosus
CLUTCH NO. 4
♀ COLLECTED: DATE 6/11/58
TEMP. (°F) 90
HUMIDITY (%) 92
LOCALITY 5 mi. N. of Idyllwild, Riverside Co, Calif.
EGG TURNING none
Egg No. Date Set Remarks Date Hatched Remarks
1 7/18/58 All eggs set on damp soil in Petri dish.
— — Egg opened 8/11/58; very dessicated; Trace of embryo
2 . — Egg opened 8/15/58. Very dessicated; embryo rather large, but dead quite a while.
3 . — Egg opened 8/15/58. Somewhat crinkled; embryo was still alive.
4 .. — Embryo still alive 8/15/58. So moist soil packed ~1/2 up side of egg. Egg opened 8/19/58, since embryo obviously dead (egg dark & shrunk). Humidity had dropped in chamber