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Mayhew
1958
Oct. 31 Journal 116.
5 mi. W. of Glamis, Imperial Co., Calif.
The air temp. was 22.6°C., the soil
surface temp. was 31°C., the relative
humidity was 55%. Young Uma notata
were on the surface basking at this
time.. No adults were seen on the
surface until 0942 when the soil
surface temp. was 35°C. There are a
tremendous number of young in this
region now. Not too many adults
were seen, and those that were seen
usually were successful in reaching
a burrow before we reached them.
However, a few large specimens were
captured. Three adult or Urosaurus
graciosus also were caught. These
were either on the ground beneath
vegetation on the sand dunes or else
were on the vegetation itself. We
found most of the animals at the
base of steep dunes on the lee
side. Vegetation is reasonably
abundant in this location, and several
times we found at least a dozen
animals around a single large piece
of vegetation. We returned to the
car at 1245 and left the area
at 1320. The maximum temperature
recorded for the day was 84°F.
The sky was almost completely
overcast by the time we left,