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Mayhew
1959
Journal
86.
Aug. 20 22 mi. E. of 29 Palms, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
We arose at 0530. We collected soil
samples from 0630 to 0645. Then we
collected lizards from 0650 to 1000 at
the regular collecting area. We also
marked 2 young Larrea divaricata to
check on their growth rate. They are
at the edge of the dirt road going
to the Iron Age Mine a short distance
from where it leaves the paved road
leading to 29 Palms. Both of them are
on the east side of the dirt road.
One of them is 3" high, the other is
4'1/2" high. At 1000 we drove east on
the newly paved road for 2 miles and
began to collect animals in that
area. We collected here until 1400.
Then we headed for 29 Palms, capturing
1 Diposaurus dorsalis on the way, a
young Sceloporus magister was caught
later as we approached Morongo Valley.
Thus, we captured 60 animals today, as
follows:
Uma sesparia -37 (13 ad ♂; 8 ad ♀; 12 imm ♂; 2 imm ♀; 2 ?)
Sceloporus magister -2 (1 ad ♀; 1 imm ♂)
Urosaurus graciosa -5 (ad ♂)
Diposaurus dorsalis -13 (7 ad ♂; 2 ad ♀; 4 ?)
Callisaurus draconoides -3 (1 ad ♂; 1 ad ♀; 1 imm ♀)
This comes to a grand total of 134
animals captured on the entire trip,
in 12 species. They are divided as follows: