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Mayhew
1961
Journal
1.
Jan. 17
UCR campus, Riverside Co., Calif.
Eugene Roller & I spent slightly over
an hour on the hills at the S.E.
side of the campus. We went out to
check the 9 lizard traps he has set
east of the bee-hives. Two Eunectes
skiltonianus and 1 Uta stansburiana
were removed from traps. Two Sceloporus
orcutti adults and 3 Uta stansburiana
adults were noted. There have been
16 days of temperatures above 70°F., so
several species are active already. We
were on the hill from approximately 1310
to about 1430.
Jan. 18
Walt Moberly & I arrived on the
same hillside at 1000. At this time
there was a S.E. wind from 0 - 3 mph. blowing,
the sky was 25 % overcast. Air temp. at 30"
was 23.8°C., rock surface temp. (1cm) was
26.2°C., air temp. (1cm) was 29.6°C. One
Sceloporus orcutti & 2 Uta stansburiana
were seen on rocks when we arrived.
Between then and 1210, when we stopped
looking, we captured 4 juvenile Sceloporus
orcutti & 1 adult, 1 adult Sceloporus
occidentalis, & 1 adult Uta stansburiana.
We looked over most of the rock
piles at that end of the campus, but
very few adult Sceloporus orcutti were
seen (3). The air temp. at 30" when we
quit was 27.2°C.