Field journal, v4297
Page 181
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Transcription
Mayhew 1961 Journal 13. Mar. 16 Palm Springs, Riverside Co., Calif. Nothing but Uma insceta was seen today, although Lloyd Tevis told me this afternoon he saw a Dipsoaurus dorsalis near the laboratory at Deep Canyon. We stopped looking for lizards at 1430. Lloyd showed us how to get to the dunes north of Palm Desert afterwards. They look like the Yuma Dunes except they are white sand. If anything, the dunes themselves are more barren than the Yuma Dunes, but Atriplex is thick up to the dunes. They appear to be about one mile long and somewhat less than 1/2 mile wide. One of the owners of the dunes was waiting to talk to us when we came out of the dunes. He seems to be anxious to sell his share. His name is Dick DuBois. His partner, George A. Bradley, owns the rest of the dunes. We returned to UCR at 1900 after driving 168 miles today. Uma insceta juvenals #1 o 52 mm. 4.2 grams #2 o 55 " 5.1 " #3 ♀ 59 " 5.8 " #4 o 53 " 5.1 " #5 o 54 " 6.0 " We saw only large adults or juvenals today - no intermediate animals seemed to be out.