Field journal, v4296
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Mayhew 1959 Journal 35. April 14 Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif. collecting site a mile west of Phelan. We walked this spot at 1130. We drove north on Beekley Road looking for lizards. We found several Sceloporus occidentalis and 1 Sceloporus magister. However, we expected to see more S. magister than this, so we drove west on Phelan Road to Highway 138, then west until we were 4 miles west of the Los Angeles Co. line (5 miles west of Desert Springs) and 6 miles East of Llano, L.A. County. The Joshua tree stand was larger and denser than the original site a few miles east. We caught 2 S. magister as well as a couple more S. occidentalis. There is a difference of about 600 feet elevation between these two sites (the L.A. Co. site is lower). We returned to UCR at 1635 after a trip of 119 miles. In all, 3 Sceloporus magister, 1 Phrynosoma coronatum, and 7 Sceloporus occidentalis were caught. Also seen in the Joshua tree area were Callisaurus draconoides, Crotaphytus wislizeni, & Uta stansburiana. April 18 Deep Canyon Desert Research Station, Riverside Co., Calif. This morning at 0715 the field zoology class left UCR for the station. We drove over the Palms to Pinto Highway, stopping occasionally to look at