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Mayhew
1959
June 10
5 mi. W. of Glamis, Imperial Co., Calif.
We began night collecting on the road
between Brawley and Glamis at 1920.
We quit looking at 2220, after
capturing 13 Coleonyx variegatus (6 ad. m,
7 ad. f). All of these were caught west of
Glamis - no reptiles were seen on the
east side of that settlement. We drove
215 miles today. The minimum temp. tonight
was 74°F.
June 11
We arose at 0530. After getting our
soil samples, we began looking in earnest
for lizards at 0745 (near the Coachella
Canal). We stopped looking in this area
at 0955 because of the general scarcity
of reptiles, then drove to our old collecting
site nearby. We reached this spot at
1010. We stopped collecting here at 1215,
after capturing the following animals
this morning:
Diposaurus dorsalis - 4 (2 ad. m, 1 ad. f, 1 imm. f)
Urosaurus graciosa - 7 (5 ad. m, 2 ad. f)
Uma notata - 15 (5 ad. m, 4 ad. f, 3 imm. m, 3 imm. f)
We returned to the canal, where I looked
for lizards from 1230 to 1300. I caught 1
ad. m Diposaurus dorsalis, it being the
only reptile seen this entire time (see
collection sheet for # 47 for temp. conditions
at this time). At 1215 when we left the
old collecting site, the air temp. was 106°F.
Counting the animals captured last night,