Field journal, v4297
Page 303
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Mayhew 1961 Journal 74. Sept. 12 Glamis area, Imperial Co., Calif. was waist high and very dense in spots. It is a much more lush spot than one would imagine from viewing it from the Amos-Glamis road. One Uma notata was caught on the dunes there, and a couple of others were seen. A thunderstorm developed over the Chocolate Mts. about 1500, and slowly moved toward Glamis. We returned to the dunes at 1600 before the storm struck Glamis. We made one pass for P. micelli from 1640 to 1800, but saw no animals. It sprinkled part of this time, & dust blew part of the time. We dug out 3 ad. Uma notata & 1 jnr. after the rain. Only a trace fell at our regular collecting site, but 0.25" of rain fell in our rain gauge at the Glamis store. We quit looking for diurnal reptiles at 1826. At 1930 we drove along the Amos-Glamis road to see if we could catch any of the so-called "joga" the natives had told us come out after such a rain. We caught 1 in the road when the creeks overflowed into the road from the rain in the Chocolates. This was less than 1 mile north of Glamis. Some had