Journal, v1583
Page 279
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Ruth, Stephen 1971 18 Reptile Collecting Trip May 14 Glamis Dunes, Imperial Co. Calif. At 1100 we arrived back at the car and began driving SW on Hwy 78 looking for flat-tailed horned lizards. Traffic is common on this road and naturally irritating. We drove slowly along perhaps 5 miles seeing nothing but a few Diposaurus up in bushes beside the road. We then doubled back and drove to the lookout area in the big dunes for some fine sand. RCS got several photographs of dune buggy activity. It actually wouldn't be so bad if the dune buggies would restrict their activity to certain areas where there wasn't much vegetation. Respect for nature rather than running rough-shod over it is what is needed. RCS mention that dune buggies running at night could harm Cteno notata by running over them on the dunes while the lizards are buried. 1230 About 10 mi SW Glamis found a SRR 1445 sub adult- adult Crotophytes wislizenii beneath a small creosote bush growing on the shoulder of the road. It was