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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