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Ruth, Stephen
1971
5
Reptile Collecting Trip
May 12 Pisgah Crater, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
below the surface. excellent conditions
for tracking.
creosote scraggly and brown. Recent
rain may revive it in several days.
Gallia grass brown.
SBR 1399 1615 AOR Phrynosoma platyrhinos see
sp.rect.
collected among lava and sand from
TR 1400-1403 1630-1830 collected 4-5 Uta
1404-1406 stansburiana, 3 Uma scoparia, 1
1407 Phrynosoma platyrhinos, 1 Callisaurus
draconoides and 1 Arizona elegans
The Uta are very dark which is
not hard to understand as they live
primarily on the black lava rock.
The Uma were not out in good
numbers but 1 ♀ and 2 ♂'s were
taken. The ventral surface of the tail
and hind limbs had a washed yellow-
green cast. None burried when frightened
and one actively bobbed. Ran to cover
under creosote bush or Gallia grass.
RCS nosed the Callisaurus.
RCS also captured the aforementioned
Phrynosoma after photographing it.
I captured the Arizona in a