Field journal, v4297
Page 55
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Mayhew 1960 April 21 Dale Dry Lake area, San Bernardino Co., Calif. Frank Aubrey, Steven Peterson + I left UCR for this collecting site at 0610. We began looking for lizards beside the road at 0815. At 0820 we found the first active lizard (Cnemidophorus tigris). We stopped periodically along the way to capture lizards that were seen from the car. I have never seen so many Dipsoaurus dorsalis in this area before, nor have I ever seen them active this early before. We finally reached our usual collecting site at 1030, just as the wind began to blow. It blew the remainder of the day. An adult Crotalus cerastes was seen under a Larrea divicicata at 1035. It was collected for its reproductive organs. We looked for lizards until 1305, when we stopped for lunch. After eating, we collected our soil sample from this station. At 1405 we began driving east toward Rice to see if we could get out of the wind and perhaps find some animals along the road. We didn't get out of the wind, but we did find some animals. We continued until we were 15 miles east of Dale Dry Lake. At 1700 we stopped looking for lizards and retraced our route toward home.