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Mayhew
1959
Journal
87.
Aug. 20
22 mi. E. of 29 Palms, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
Callisaurus draconoides - 7 (3 ad ♂; 2 ad ♀; 2 im ♀)
Dipsoaurus dorsalis - 14 (7 ad ♂; 3 ad ♀; 4 ?)
Urosaurus graciosa - 9 (8 ad ♂; 1 ?)
Coleonyx variegatus - 11 (6 ad ♂; 4 ad ♀; 1 im ♂)
Sceloporus magister - 2 (1 ad ♀; 1 im ♂)
Uma notata - 41 (17 ad ♂; 5 ad ♀; 9 im ♂; 10 im ♀)
Uma inornata - 7 (1 ad ♂; 3 ad ♀; 3 im ♂)
Uma scoparia - 37 (13 ad ♂; 8 ad ♀; 12 im ♂; 2 im ♀; 2 ?)
Crotalus cerastes - 2 (1 ad ♂; 1 ad ♀)
Phrynosoma platyrhinos - 2 (1 ad ♂; 1 ad ♀)
Phrynosoma micalli - 1 (ad ♀)
Crotaphytus wrightii - 1 (ad ♀)
We reached UCR at 1710 after driving
114 miles today. The maximum temp.
today was 90° F. The entire trip covered
596 miles.
Aug. 25
Lovejoy Buttes area, Los Angeles Co., Calif.
This morning at 0450 Frank Aubrey,
David Reuther & I left UCR for this
region, arriving at 0605. The first
lizard seen (Sceloporus magister) was
located at 0630. At this time weather
conditions were:
air temp. (30'') - 22.0 °C.
'' '' (1cm) - 21.9 °C.
soil surface temp - 22.7 °C.
(sun) Joshua tree bark temp - 37.0 °C.
Relative humidity - 52 %
No wind, no clouds.
We missed the first 5 lizards we saw.