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Mayhew
1960
Journal
69.
Oct. 16
Dale Dry Lake area, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
until 1020. Then they were rather numerous.
at 0930 the weather conditions were:
80% overcast; N.E. wind - 10 to 15 mph.
air temp (30") - 19.8°C.
'' '' (1cm) - 20.8°C.
soil surface temp - 22.8°C.
4+4 animals were captured today, as follows:
36 Uma scoparia (young)
5 Uma scoparia (adult - 2♂, 3♀)
2 Urosaurus graciosa
1 Arizona elegans (young)
The 1st adult Uma scoparia was seen
at 1135, Bench mark near Iron Age Mine Road - 1336 ft. elev.
Dicoria conescera & Dalea emoryi are
in bloom here.
We left Dale Dry Lake at 1430 and stopped
a few moments later at Joseph De
Salliers' house to set up a rain
gauge. Along the road home we
saw the following species in bloom:
Leptomeria arborea, Pectis papposa
Stephanomeria sp. Eriogonum sp
Chrysothamnus sp. Cassia armata
We reached UCR at 1755 after driving
114 miles today. We drove 506 miles
on the entire trip. 116 animals were caught on
the trip: Uma notata - 63 Urosaurus graciosa - 5
Uma scoparia - 4+ Arizona elegans - 1
Phrynosoma nicaelli - 1
Coleonyx variegatus - 5