Hankey, James 1975 Journal Mexican trip 27 Apr 2300 hrs (cont'd) Del Rio to Bentsea-Rio Grande Valley State Park 1) St. Hwy 83, ~5 mi. N Lopezillo, Zapata Co, Texas Drymarchon corais erebenus - DOR 2) nest area ~2 mi. N Lopezillo, Zapata Co, Texas Cnemidophorus sexlineatus 3) nest area 6 mi NW Roma on St. Hwy 83 Start Zapata Co. Cnemidophorus sexlineatus While heading towards our camping area in the State Park we stopped to work an area alongside a canal ~0.5 mi E of St. Hwy 374, 0.6 mi. E of the junction with farm road 1427 in Perezville, ~2.4 mi E of Palmview, Hidalgo Co. A dirt road ran along the canal was bordered by the canal on one side and a dense acacia scrub forest on the other. Some "campsite picnic-site-type" areas were present, but this area was heavily littered with refuse, and garbage, old tires, etc in clearing along the road and in the wooded areas. Al, Phil, Peggy & I found nothing, but Sam found 7 Eumeces brevilineatus, 1 Hemidactylus turcicus, an 2 Sonora episcopa. All were found by turning various objects of garbage, fallen boards, and logs. The Sonora were found together under a fallen mesquite log. In addition Sam found a ♂ Gopherus berlandieri in an exposed area along the canal. The weather