Catalogue and journal, v1563
Page 509
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W. Reiner 1949 Journal 6 Aug. New Mexico, Otero Co., Alamogordo to Chaves Co., Roswell. Also stopped 15.4 mi. NE Green Tree in Lincoln Co., to look for Eunicea under large embankment of boulders. Found none but did Bob took small T. elegans vagans. 7 Aug. Roswell, Chaves Co., Roswell to Eddy Co., Carlsbad Morning spent writing notes. Purely by chance I kicked over an isolated piece of fiber board and caught a single Eunicea taylori under it. This extends the range about 80 miles N and from the nature of the terrain it may and probably does extend much further. All of this area is monotonously flat and alike. A C. perplexus seen in morning also. On returning in early afternoon to hunt for more taylori could find none thought several hours spent. Did take in similar habitat at same locality (2 mi. W Roswell) Holbrookia maculata and C. gularis and found skin of huge Coluber (flagellum?). In later afternoon, about 1500 drove to Carlsbad and camped there for the night. That evening heard strange sound which on investigation proved to be Acris gryllus singing from floating algae in river. One taken by Stelbina (see his notes). Also taken was one large Bufo