Field journal, v4298
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Mayhew 1963 Journal 35. Aug. 20 Glamis area, Imperial Co., Calif. but we could find no trace of adult amphibians or tadpoles. Consequently, we camped there for the remainder of the night (2 miles N. of Amos). Aug. 21 We looked the pools over carefully in daylight, but still could find no trace of amphibians. A number of diving beetles were in the pools, but we found little else. One pool at Regina and 1 at Amos were still quite large (about 100 ft. large yet), but no evidence of amphibians could be seen. Apparently these animals are not distributed much north of Glamis. However, the vegetation from Amos north is quite sparse, and probably would not give amphibians the protection they need the remainder of the year. We returned to the large wash east of the Chocolate Mts. we had investigated the night before. We released 2 S. couchi out on the open bed of the wash to see what they would do. Both sat motionless for several minutes, then they hopped to the shade at the bank of the wash. One dug in in the shade of an ironwood tree (Olveya tesota)