Field journal, v4297
Page 325
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Mayhew 1961 Journal 85. Oct. 6 Glamis area, Imperial Co., Calif. Bill Tinesdell, Ed Eberle, Walt Moberly + I left UCR at 1420 for our monthly collecting trip. We reached the Highline Canal at 1745, and we began to night collect immediately. We caught 1 or Coleonyx variegatus and saw 5 Crotalus cerastes (2 adult) before we quit for the night at 2140. We drove north on the Glamis Amosa Road part of this time to see if any Coleonyx would be out on the dirt road the way they were last month right after the rain. None were seen here. We drove 52 miles night-collecting. We camped in a gravel pit east of Glamis because there was too much wind to camp on top of the big dune. Oct. 7 We arose at 0615 and ate breakfast. Walt + Ed drove the road looking for Phrynosoma m'calli while Bill + I worked in the dunes, catching Uma notata. Walt + Ed drove the road from 0735 to 1045, then they worked some dunes also. Bill + I worked the dunes from 0730 to 1300. Walt + Ed caught 5 Phrynosoma m'calli (3 adult, 2 juvenals), 2 Urosaurus graciosa (ad), 2 juvenil Dipsoaurus dorsalis, and 11 Uma notata. During this time, Bill