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Mayhew
1958
Sept. 20 Colorado Desert, Calif.
the soil surface temp. in the shade
at the point of capture was 42.6°C.
An immature Crotaphytus wislizeni
was captured while it was resting
in a burrow (in the shade) with its
head exposed. No other animals were
seen, so we drove to an area 5 miles
north of Jalllwild in the San Jacinto
Mts. We reached the area at 1515.
The air temp. was 24°C., surface temp.
(in shade) was 24.8°C., surface temp.
(in sun) was 40.6°C. Some Sceloporus
graciosa and one Sceloporus
occidentalis were caught at this
location. We returned to Riverside
from this site, reaching Riverside
at 1740 after traveling a total
of 822 miles during the 3 days.
Oct. 10 Barton Flats area, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
This morning Frank Aubrey, & I
left UCR at 0915. We reached the 3000
foot level in Mill Creek Canyon at
1000 (about 10 miles N.E. of Redlands). Here
we worked the rocky stream bed. We
captured Uta stansburiana and
Sceloporus occidentalis, and saw
several more. At this time the air
temp. was 30°C., the soil surface temp.
(in sun) was 50°C. Most of the animals
were seen sitting on the tops of