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Mayhew
1960
Journal
12.
Mar. 7
Glamis area, Imperial Co., Calif.
before we stopped for the night at 2015,
we drove 323 miles today. The maximum
temp. we encountered today was
The minimum temp. tonight was 61° F. The
animals caught today were:
Uta stansburiana - 1 (ad ?)
Uta scparia - 11 (5 ad ?, 3 ad ♀; 2 ad ?♂; 1 im. ♀)
Colevys variegatus - 1 (ad ?)
Total - 13
Mar. 8
We arose at 0800 (temp [30°] - 70° F.), and
eat breakfast. We broke camp at 0910 and
looked for lizards from 0920 to 1200.
Soil samples were obtained from 1220 to
1230. We resumed our search for lizards
from 1230 to 1410. The first Uta notata
was seen at 0855, but they probably were
active earlier than this. We caught the
following animals today (total for day - 36):
Colevys variegatus - 1 (ad ?)
Urosaurus graciosa - 17 (11 ad ?, 6 ad ♀)
Uta notata - 18 (6 ad ?, 5 ad ♀; 3 ad ?♂; 2 im ♂; 2 im ♀)
These animals were most numerous shortly
after we began looking at 0920. We
captured 10 animals in the 1st two books
(Erioforum deserticola) we investigated.
Although animals were still being seen
occasionally when we quit, they weren't
nearly as abundant on the surface as
they had been earlier. The maximum air
temp. (30°) was only 90° F. today, which is