Hauken, James 1975 Journal Mexico trip - Brownsville area 28 April 2100hrs the landscape. No lizards or snakes were (cont'd) seen, but three Gopherus berlandieri were found at burrow entrances arranged on within one small shrub-covered hillock; other vacant burrows were seen nearby. One shed skin of a Masticophis taeniatus was found among some brush. Later, returning to Brownsville we stopped at several sites adjacent to irrigation canals with many cover objects (logs + refuse) to look for frogs but none were seen except for a few frogs in a canal a few miles SE of Brownsville. 29 April 1100hrs After driving in Brownsville we drove out to camp alongside the road ~10 miles SW of Harlingen, Hidalgo Co., Texas. It Had a most disastrous evening due to warm temps, high humidity and the most mosquitoes this side of the Canal Zone. Breaking up this monotony was a period of ~½ hr of a monsoon winds which threatened to send my sleeping bag + contents north to somewhere near Fargo, North Dakota. Add to this a prolonged visit by a tractor-trailer truck and two State Police capped off by two crop duster planes after sundown.