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Mayhew
1959
Journal
112.
Nov. 15
Glamis area, Imperial Co., Calif.
We looked for lizards here from 1035
to 1310; took soil samples from 1310 to
1325; then looked for lizards until
1345. We caught a total of 18 animals
today, 2 of which were released + one was
kept for a little girl to take to
school. Therefore, we had a sample of 15
for ourselves. Those captured were:
Uma notata - 12 (1ad ?; 2ad ??; 2ad ?; 4im ??; 3 im ?) (released)
Urosaurus graciosa - 3 (1ad ?; 2 ad ?)
Coleonyx variegatus - 2 (1ad ?) (1im released)
Cnemidophorus tigris - 1 (im) (for little girl)
as we caught only 2 Uma scoparia
(1ad ?; 1 ad ??) yesterday, we captured only
20 animals on the trip.
There were many young Uma notata
running around, but we didn't feel we
needed any more of them, so we didn't
attempt to capture them. There were
lots of Uma notata tracks on the
dunes, but by far the majority of
them were made by young animals.
We ate lunch from 1345 to 1420, then
started for home at 1430. However, we
stopped for nearly an hour between
the Coachella Canal & Highline Canal to
look at the annuals that are coming
up there. The most numerous is
Palafoxia linearis, the next most
numerous at the moment is Pectis pepus.