Mallard notes, v4295
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Mayhew 1958 Aug. 23 Colorado Desert, Calif. hours, then drove down the newly paved road through the sand hills from Brawley to Glamis (opened last week). We stopped in the dunes and caught Uma notata (young + adults) from 0730 to 0930. We then drove east on the unpaved road from Glamis to Palo Verde. We stopped & ate breakfast, then slept in the shade of some catclaw until about 1400 (approximately). We returned to Brawley, then drove west on Highway 99 to Truckhaven. After gassing up, we began night collecting along Highway 78 from its junction with Highway 99. Collecting was quite poor, so we went about 6 mi. South of Ocotillo Wells, Imperial Co., Calif. on road to gypsum mine & Split Mountain about 0030. Aug. 24 This morning we began collecting along the road where we camped at about 0630. Large numbers of young Callisaurus draconoides were sitting on the pavement at this time, some of which we caught. Two young Phrynosoma mcalli were picked up about 20 feet apart about 0800 on this road. Later several Diposaurus dorsalis + Crotaphytus wislizeni were seen here, & some were collected. We left the