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Mayhew
1963
Journal
6.
Mar. 13
Palm Springs, Riverside Co., Calif.
Herta Caylor, Shirley Hill & I left
UCR at 0820 and spent most of the
day looking for Uma inornata in
Palm Springs Panorama. Between 0915
and 1700 we saw a total of 85 Uma
inornata. We were able to capture 16 of
them. In addition, we saw one
Crotalus cerastes, which we left in
the area in which we found it, and
4 Dipsosaurus dorsalis. The weather
was perfect all day. Lots of Uma
were seen in the Panorama, but very
few were seen in the typical desert
area around this site. Almost no
evidence of Uma was seen in the
short while we spent at "Grandaddy
Dune" - few animals or tracks. We
reached UCR at 1800 after driving 151 miles.
A group of Dipsosaurus dorsalis
that had been used in an experiment
were released in the Panorama. They
were placed beside Laarea on Tecahwah
Drive just south of the eastern-most
large sign on that street - about 1 1/2
blocks from the eastern boundary
of the development. About 15 middle-
sized immature animals were involved.
There appeared to be enough food in
this vicinity to meet their needs.