Incubation Data Climatology: Bird, Reptile Incubation Data Climatology, v4386
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Sceloporus occidentalis 90 6/11/58 CLUTCH NO. 1 ♀ COLLECTED: DATE LOCALITY SMI. N. Idyllwild, Riverside Co., Calif. HUMIDITY (%) 92 EGG TURNING none Egg No. Date Set Remarks Date Hatched Remarks 1 7/3/58 Set in bare Petri dish. - Opened 7/16/58. Trace of very small embryo. Egg completely desiccated. 2 .. Set in bare Petri dish; placed in bare 30 ml. beaker 7/18/58. - Opened 7/26/58. 10 mm. embryo (coiled measurement) present. Became somewhat desiccated this week. 3 .. Remainder of eggs set on damp soil. - Opened 8/7/58. Dead embryo. 4 .. 8/7/58 Disappeared inside Vapor-Temp. machinery — no measurement available. 5 .. 8/7/58 6 .. - Embryos apparently died over week-end, as all nearly ready to hatch. 7 .. - 8 .. - 9 .. - 10 .. - 11 .. - 12 .. - 13 .. - Opened 8/11/58. Embryo dead a long time (4mm. in diameter).