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Mayhew
1961
Journal
12.
Mar. 13
2 mi. N. W. of Sunny mead, Riverside Co., Calif.
but we didn't bother them. all 3
were seen within 400 yards of Walt's
pick-up. We captured 2 juvenil Sceloporus
oretti as well as 7 adults of this
species. We also caught 4 Uta
stansburiana and 3 Sceloporus occidentalis.
We quit at 1700. By then the sun
was no longer shining on the rocks
on that side of the mountains.
Mar. 16
Palm Springs, Riverside Co., Calif.
Walt Moberly & I left UCR in the
geology carry-all at 0835. We checked the
trap at Windy Point and found it completely
filled with sand. We removed the trap &
took it with us. We reached Palm
Springs Panorama at 1000. At that time
weather conditions were: air temp.(30") - 18.8°C,
(1cm) - 22.4°C., soil surface - 36.2°C., no overcast,
36% rel. humidity, 12-15 mph. wind from NW. A
couple of animals were found immediately (ad. &
& ad. ♀). We walked over a mile, however,
without seeing any more. As soon as
we began to drive down the road again,
we found 4 adults within the first 100 yards.
For the rest of the day we drove the
roads, about 10-15 mph., looking for
lizards. In this way we were able to
capture 8 adult ♂, 3 adult ♀, 5 juveniles.
No adult animals were seen after 1400.
The juveniles were weighed, measured, & released.