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Mayhew
1959
Journal
46.
May 8
Phelan area, Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
This morning at 0745 Frank Aubrey
and I left UCR for the Mojave collecting
area. We reached the collecting area
at 0850. We collected 3 Sceloporus
occidentalis or near Yucca Inn
on highway 138 at approximately this
time. We drove on to our selected
site 5 miles west of Desert Springs,
but couldn't find any animals
for some time (until 0957). We finally
left this area at 1230 and drove
through Phelan, looking for a better
collecting area. Before we left the area,
we had collected 2 Uta stansburiana +
3 Sceloporus magister (?). We drove
down roads slowly looking for lizards
on Joshua trees, fence posts + power poles.
During this period, we captured 2 Uta
stansburiana and 8 Sceloporus occidentalis,
for a total of 11 Sceloporus occidentalis
(9 ?, 2 ?), 4 Uta stansburiana (2 ?, 2 ?),
+ 3 Sceloporus magister (all ?). We
reached UCR at 1625 after a trip of
131 miles. The weather was slightly
windy today, but otherwise was
quite good for reptile activity.
May 9
Cedar Springs area, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
This morning at 0725 the field zoology
class + I left for the Mojave River
area. We reached the study area