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Mayhew
1959
Nov. 8
Lovejoy Butte area, Los Angeles Co., Calif.
Frank Aubrey & I left UCR at
0835 and drove to Phelan. We reached
the collecting area near Phelan at 0925.
at this time there was no wind & no
clouds. The air temp (30") was 17.5°C. No
trace of lizards were found in this
region that had yielded large numbers
of lizards earlier in the year. We
drove on to Lovejoy Buttes and
Saddleback Buttes with the same
success. Then we drove past Black Butte
to El Mirage Dry Lake, past the
Shadow Mountains to Hi Vista, then
back to Saddleback Buttes. Although
we saw a number of Joshua trees
along the way, no lizards were seen
on or near any of them. However, there
were not enough Joshua trees seen
on this side trip to warrant returning
to those areas to look for Sceloporus
register again. We retraced our steps
back to Phelan, where we learned at
the corner store that there had been
one frost so far this year (-1.5°C.),
but several nights had been down to
the 30's and low 40's (F.). The maximum
temp. today was 23°C (air temp -30°). The
weather was very nice all day, so I
feel sure that if lizards weren't out
today, they won't be out any more