Field journal, v4298
Page 149
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Mayhew 1963 Journal 19. April 24 San Jacinto Mts., Riverside Co., Calif. Eric (Ted) Pengelley, Valerie Ernst, Herta Taylor, Shirley Hill, Dennis Miller & I went after a sample of Sceloporus graciosa. We left UCR at 1010. We looked for lizards on and near our lots at Pink Cove. Two adults (o?) + several young were cought there. Then we drove 2 miles north to the entrance road to Fern Basin campground. Here we caught a number of S. graciosa as well as 3 S. occidentalis and 1 Uta stansburiana. Patches of snow were still on the ground at both sites. The air temp. maximum today at these locations was 14.0°C. There was no wind + no clouds. For some reason, no adult females were seen today, & only 5 young females were caught. In addition, 15 adult males + 9 young males were captured (S. graciosa). Also, 3 adult male S. occidentalis and 1 adult ? Uta stansburiana were caught. In all, 34 lizards of 3 species were captured between 1230 and 1600. Winter is still in the air in this locality, so lizards aren't nearly as plentiful as they will be later. We returned to UCR at 1720 after a trip of 109 miles.