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Rath/Stephen
1971 7
Reptile Collecting Trip
May 13 Disgah Crater, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
We left in disgust at 1000.
Looked alongside the road for
crots on the way to Amboy but
had no luck. Quite a bit of traffic
on 66 also no place to pull off.
Saw several Dips.
May 13 Amboy Crater, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
12.10 back on the road after about an
hours collecting. The area is going
downhill. Creosote is on its last legs.
Lots of sign of other collectors. Rock
outcappings are ringed by footprints.
Freshly exposed lava surfaces are common
where some one has gone after chucks.
SBR 1415 I noossed a sub. ad. & Sauromalus
on a large lava outcropping 25' off
the highway. She was sitting with
the posterior portion of her body in a
60° L lava crack The head
and fore quarters were exposed. It
came out easily with the noose. This
animal does looks good. The tail is not
wasted. The creosote next to the freeway
is green.
SBR 1416 A Dipsosaurus was noosed from