Mayhew 1963 Journal 22. May 3 Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif. I left UCR at 1300 with the field zoology class for the high desert trip. We spent most of the afternoon looking for animals in the Joshua tree woodland habitat in Hesperia. Then we drove to our campsite at Stoddard Valley before sunset. Bob Glaser took one carload of students for night collecting, but they were unsuccessful in locating any reptiles. May 4 After breakfast we spread out over the alluvial fan, looking for any sort of reptile, but especially for Gopherus agassizi. Only 3 live gophera were seen this year, compared to 17 last year. Lots of skeletons (about 12) were found this year, however, indicating the long drought is producing more casualties among the tortoises, as well as the other reptiles. We looked for Sauromalus obesus and Cristophytua collaris on the rocky slopes during the afternoon. Only 2 Sauromalus and no Cristophytua were seen. Then we drove to the Pisgah lava flow east