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Ruth, Stephen
1971
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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