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Mayhew
1960
Journal
35.
May 1
Colorado Desert, Imperial Co., Calif.
Phrynosoma platyrhino - 2 (ad ?)
Cnemidophorus tigris - 3 (1 ad ?; 2 ad ♀)
Dipsoaurus dorsalis - 18 (4 ad ?; 8 ad ♀; 1 ad ?; 5 imm ?)
Phrynosoma micelli - 1 (ad ♀)
Colubrix variegatus - 33 (19 ad ?; 14 ad ♀)
Thus, 90 animals of 9 species were
handled by members of the class (reptiles).
May 9
Frank Anbry & I left UCR at 1120 to
return to the Glamis area. On the way,
however, we stopped along the highway 6 mi.
w. of 1000 Palms in Riverside Co., to collect
some Dipsoaurus dorsalis. We looked for
them from 1230 to 1300. Several of them
had been seen sunning themselves on boulders
just before we stopped. Most of those we
captured, though, were in the shade of Larva
diversicata. We captured 6 before we drove on.
We reached the Highline Canal, east of
Brawley, at 1545. We began looking for
lizards along the side of the road immediately.
We made one slow trip from there to the end
of the pavement, 12 mi. E. of Glamis, which
we reached at 1908. On this trip during the
first 4 miles, 1645 to 1742, we collected
9 Phrynosoma micelli as they sunned
themselves on the asphalt at the edge of the
pavement. This is by far the most animals
of this species we have ever seen in one
day. In addition 2 dead animals were found
on the road. They had been dead a short time.