Journal, v1583
Page 145
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almost Callisaurus like compared with other Uma I have collected. We collected about 8 Uma several nice large adult males with a pale green wash to the venters. There are scattered clouds in the sky. RCS collected one nice big male Callisaurus draconoides We collected 4 Cnemidophorus tigris - three were noosed and I dug the other out of a rodent burrow. Noosing three Cnemidophorus tigris is something of a record. They were found under creosote and burro bush. Again we more than likely came upon them shortly after they had emerged around 9:45-10:15AM R.C.S. observed one of the Whiptails defecating - this is one of the first things a lizard does while it is warming up. I tried a wire screen lizard trap and while I could see its merits I preferred to use the noose. They did