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Mayhew
1958
June 11 Colorado Desert, Calif.
Journal 89.
afternoon (about 6 PM), so there weren't
many reptiles still active. We turned
onto State Highway 98 & headed toward
Calexico. We stopped near an abandoned
adobe house for supper. The wind
was blowing very hard, so we tried
to use the remains of the shack for
a wind-break without too much
success. At dark we started toward
Calxico again, night-collecting on
the way. We picked up 3 Bufo
woodhousei 7 miles west of Calipico
on the road. 6 miles east of Calexico
we picked up a Rhinocleus. (FOR)
Between Calipico & Winterhaven we
caught 3 specimens of Arizona elegans
and 1 Phyllorhynchus decurtatus. The
wind was blowing rather strongly
all evening, and the weather was
cool for this time of year, so we
didn't find too many animals out.
We made camp about 2 AM about 35 miles
miles west of Winterhaven, Imperial Co.,
Calif., or 22 miles east of Calexico. The
wind had about disappeared by the time
we camped for the night.
June 12 at 7:30 AM we headed east on Highway
80 to get to the Sand Hills (also called
Yuma Dunes or Algodones Dunes). We
caught several Uma notata in the