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Mayhew
1961
Journal
40.
June 5
Southwestern Arizona
saw) in these mountains. During the
hot part of the day we drove to Sila
Bend, then south on state highway 85
through Ajo to Organ Pipe National
Monument. We washed up & ate in
Organ Pipe while we were waiting
for it to get dark. Then we drove
to Lukeville & began night collecting.
Between Lukeville and Sita Bend we
collected 1 Chionactis palaiostria, 1
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus, 1 Phyllorhynchus
crowni, 2 Coleonyx variegatus & salvaged
1 Phrynosoma solare that was DOR.
We collected from 2030 to 0030 and
drove 84 miles in the process. We
camped 3 miles south of Sita Bend.
We drove 273 miles today.
June 6
We drove north of Sita Bend this
morning looking for lizards. We saw
several Callisaurus draconoides &
Dipsosaurus dorsalis, but they were
the spookiest lizards of these species
I have ever seen. The Dipsosaurus
in particular were much different in
this respect than the ones we find
in southern Calif. They would go down
a hole long before we were near
enough to capture them. I was
quite surprised with their reaction.
We drove north to Arlington, then west