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Mayhew
1959
Journal
88.
Aug. 25 Lovejoy Buttes area, Los Angeles Co., Calif.
We collected between Lovejoy Buttes +
Saddleback Butte all day long.
Animals were not as numerous
during the middle of the day,
but some Sceloporus magister
could be located throughout the day.
The last Sceloporus magister was
seen on a Joshua tree 15 minutes
after sundown. At that time the
air temp. (30") was 26.5°C. We quit
looking for lizards at 1845, and
camped for the night at 2000.
We captured 22 lizards today, as follows:
Sceloporus magister - 19 (6 ad σ; 3 ad ♀; 7 imm ♂; 3 imm ♀)
Uta stansburiana - 2 (1 ad σ; 1 ad. ♀)
Crotaphytus wislizeni - 1 (imm ♀)
We drove 161 miles today. Maximum
temp. today was 97°F., minimum temp.
tonight was 62°F. We camped near Phelan.
Aug. 26 Phelan area, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
We arose at 0645, and started after
lizards at 0800. We looked in this
region until 1205, when we drove
to Hesperia. We found the most
lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis)
at the eastern edge of Phelan. We
arrived in the Hesperia area at 1230,
but animals weren't much in evidence
at this time of day. Therefore, we
decided, at 1400, to drive to Wrightwood.