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Nuth, Stephen
1971
16
Reptile Collecting Trip
May 13 Night driving Hwy 28 Imperial Co, Calif.
almost 2300.
Glamis Dunes, Imperial Co, Calif
May 14 0800-1100 Parked by the canal just
south-west of the big dunes. Worked
a creosote bush and dune area.
Rather surprised at the number of
callisaurus well out into the dunes.
1437-39 We captured 3-4 (SEVERAL ♂'s and
at least 1 ♀). They used creosote and
desert tea as cover.
1440-43 Una notate were not as common as
would be expected. Young were out
in moderate numbers by 0800 and
several were taken. The first large
adult was seen at about 0945
on a large loose sand dune. The
adult ♂ which I then noosed was
basking on the sand surface at the
spot where it had spent the night.
The sand was hardly disturbed by
its emergence. RCS surprised another
nearby which ran for about 50 yards
where it went into a hole under a
creosote bush. Its tracks were highlighted
by the morning sun and RCS took