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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