Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
J. B. Ruths
1469
Journal
May 7 Coachella Valley - Indio Area Riverside Co
We got rained out of our campsite at about 4 in the morning today. We had camped off the Palm Desert Hotel Rd
830.2 5:20AM. Junction Dillon Rd and Hwy 60 out of Indio
831.3 Turn around at canal - the first one comes to. 5:25 AM
831.6 5:27 AM. Bufo woodhousei. Same site where Steve Ruth got this species last year. Citrus grove on east side of the road. There is a steady drizzle and it has been raining for several hours. The overcast is starting to lighten slightly. Toad out on the road
832.6 5:30 AM Turn around for another run at the junction Hwy 60 and Dillon Rd.
833.7 At open canal filled with water beyond Citrus grove, Turning around again and heading back toward Hwy 60.