Field journal, v4297
Page 207
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Mayhew 1961 Journal 26. May 5 Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif. ou destination after much effort through the sandy stretches. We were too late to find any reptiles active in the rocks of the hills. We installed 12 more 5-gallon can lizard traps at Dale (5 near the campsite, 7 near the collecting site at Iron Age Mine Road). These were installed at sundown. May 6 It was rather cool this morning, so lizards weren't active very early. Several beetles, a couple of scorpions, + spiders were taken from our traps. Half a dozen beetles were taken from each of the traps we set last night - but no lizards. Large numbers of lizards became active during the morning. In fact, they were so numerous, the class caught the following: Uma scoparia - 1+9 Diposaurus dorsalis -32 Crotaphytus widizeni -1 Crotalus cerastes - 3 That afternoon we drove into the Pinto Mts. looking for animals. We caught the only 2 Sauromalus obesus we saw (1 adult, 1 juv.). Then we proceeded to Stoddard Valley by way of Old Woman Springs + Lucerne Valley. We reached camp after dark, + found a strong, cold