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Mayhew
1963
Journal
40.
Sept. 18
Glamis area, Imperial Co., Calif.
The waskes had stopped flowing by
the time we arrived. Nevertheless,
there were numerous puddles still
standing. We drove north of Glamis
toward Amgoa, but didn't hear a
single S. couchi. We heard the
first S. couchi call in a pool
1/2 mile S.E. of Glamis near the
Glamis - Ogilby road. We captured
3 adults here before proceeding S.E.
We looked for 1 1/2 miles S.E. of
Glamis without any further
success. Then we returned to
the pavement and headed for the
Chocolate Mtns. We heard S. couchi
calling in the first tree - lived west
in Purgatory Flats (6 mi. E. of Glamis).
We found one amplexing pair in a
pool, as well as 6 individuals. We
left the pair, hoping we could
collect some eggs there the following
morning (some day after sunrise).
The air temperature at this time
was 20.2°C. The toads we captured
at this site (about 0200) apparently
had just emerged. Several of them
were dehydrated, and a couple of these
had a dark covering over parts of
their bodies, as though they had