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Mayhew
1958
Sept. 18 Mojave Desert, Calif.
was 48°C. A number of lizards were
seen, but none were captured. They
were all extremely wary. Uma scoparia,
Callisaurus draconoides + Cnemidophorus
tigris were seen. We walked around
over a portion of the Amboy lava
flow, but found no lizards active
except Uta stansburiana. These were
quite dark on the lava. We tried
to find Uma scoparia on the wind-
blown sand among the lava blocks,
but had no luck. We saw many
tracks however. After eating supper
in Amboy, we drove through 29 Palms
to Garnet, then camped on the old
highway between Garnet and 1000 Palms.
Colorado Desert, Calif.
Sept. 19 We broke camp at 0540, then drove
to a spot 3 miles west of 1000 Palms
where Frank & I had collected specimens
earlier. At 0630 the air temp. was 25.7°C.
the soil surface temp. was 25.6°C, although
we looked diligently for animals at this
time, none were seen until 0750, when
an adult Uma inornata was seen. At
this time the air temp. was 31.2°C. and
soil surface temp. was 36.6°C, a wind
of 3 miles/hour was blowing from the
north-west. The relative humidity was
less than 5%. Sufficient Uma