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Hanken, James
1975
Journal
Mexico Trip
A.D. Thomas Truck Stop + Cafe, Del Rio, Val Verde Co,
Texas
26 Apr pretty steadily little stops for
keeps, but along rte 90 we stopped for any
wild animals on the road. At Fabens,
Texas we spotted one Callisaurus draconoides
at the Highway entrance but were unable
to catch it. One Masticophis flagellum was found DOR
on Rte. 90 S of Van Horn. Crotalus atrox were
found DOR 26.6 N of Sanderson and 11.6 mi.
S of Dryden on Jury 90. One Masticophis taeniatus
was found DOR 4.0 mi. S of Sanderson.
One Elaphe guttata was found 0.6 mi. N of
Cedar Sta. It was taken alive and catalogued
by me.
26 Apr. Red area along I-35, ~15 mi N Laredo, Texas
Sam Sweet + el entered Four-Mile Cave &
located ~1/2 mi. N of Del Rio on Jury 90. We
found one Eurycea sp nov in a pool at the
bottom of the cave. The species is fully
neotenic type of the SSS type III. At the bottom
of the first cave drop, still within the lighted
zone, Sam found a Synophis magnocki.
While we were in the cave the Greek's
found two Sonora episcopae. After caving
we bathed in San Felipe Springs Creek along