Field journal, v4297
Page 187
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Mayhew 1961 Journal Mar. 21 UCR campus, Riverside Co., Calif. This morning at 0930 I began looking for lizards on the east side of the campus. At that time weather conditions were: air temp.(30")-17.4°C., (1cm)-19.6°C., soil surface temp.-32.0°C., 0-3 mph breeze from N, 0 overcast. I looked in Cnemidophorus hyperythrus habitat from 0955 to 1008 without seeing any signs of them. at 1045 I drove up to the area around ag. Extension Bldg.(old Director's Home for C.E.S, I saw the first C. hyperythrus today at 1125; a little later I saw 3 of them feeding under one bush, I was able to catch only one of the 4 I saw today. I had another in the air 3 times, but it escaped from the noose each time. I catched all the Sceloporus orcutti I saw this morning, but several Sceloporus occidentalis and Uta stansburiana escaped. Fifteen animals were caught, as follows: 1 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus (ad. ♂) 8 Sceloporus occidentalis (7 ♂, 1♀) 4 Sceloporus orcutti (1 ad.♀, 1 juv. ♀, 2 ad.♂) 2 Uta stansburiana (1 ♂, 1♀) I returned to the lab. at 1330, at that time the air temp.(30") was 22.0°C. Mar. 23 2 mi. S. of UCR, Riverside Co., Calif. This morning Walt Moberly & I drove through the coastal sage scrub areas on Canyon Crest Drive.