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Mayhew
1963
Journal
23.
May 4 Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
of Barstow to look for reptiles.
We found 3 more Sauromalus, as
well as 2 Cnemidophorus tigris and
1 Phrynosoma platyrhinos. Then we
drove to Amboy, followed by a
drive to Dale Dry Lake, where
we camped for the night. The night
collectors saw only 4 Crotalus cerastes.
May 5 We worked in the sandy
creosote brush scrub this morning.
Lots of Uta scoparia were found
about a mile west of the Iron Age
Mine Road. We returned to UCR at
14:45 after a total trip of 342 miles.
The animals we brought back were:
Uta scoparia - 49
Callisaurus draconoides - 16 (3 immature)
Phrynosoma platyrhinos - 5
Cnemidophorus tigris - 16
Crotaphytus wislizeni - 4 (1 immature)
Uta stansburiana - 8
Xantusia vigilix - 13
Sceloporus magister - 4 (all immature)
Colonyx variegatus - 1
Dipsoaaurus loralis - 18
Sauromalus obesus - 5
Total 139
(11 species)