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Mayhew
1958
Journal
83.
May 16 Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
another load. In addition, mammal
traps were set by the class. Animals
catched that night were:
Rhinochilus lecontei Lichanura roseofusca
Callisaurus draconoides (gravid - 5 eggs)
Crotalus cerastes Crotalus mitchellii (DOR)
Bufo boreas Perognathus longimembris
Crotaphytus wislizeni Dipodomys meriami (trap)
Also seen were:
Canis latrans Dipodomys sp.
May 17 Additional specimens of the species
mentioned previously were caught
this morning. A female Dipsosaurus
dorsalis was also captured 2 miles
S. of Barstow as we returned from
breakfast. After breakfast we began
looking for the marked tortoises that
had been released near the bench
mark (3 other tortoises were marked
& released at the campsite & 4 young
ones were brought back to Riverside).
Only one (No. 4) was found, and it was
approximately 1/4 mile S.E. of the
release point (found at 11:30 AM [POST]).
In spite of our efforts, none of the
others were located. However, 2 Crotalus
cerastes were found in Sophora dens.
Mark Kohn caught one of them and
brought it back to camp. Later, Rudy
Ruibal demonstrated how fast the