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Mayhew
1964
Journal
5.
July 2 UCR campus, Riverside Co., Calif.
The University finally accepted
our outdoor lizard observation
cages in the botanical garden today.
We had lizards in the cages within
5 minutes of the time the inspector
told us he would accept it.
Aug. 3 Palm Springs, Riverside Co., Calif.
al Bennett, Ken Evans & I left UCR
at 0720 to collect some lizards to
use in the new outdoor cage (hereafter
called ROC, for reptile observation cage).
We captured 13 immature lizards that
we measured & released. We also captured
5 Uma inornata, 8 Dipsosaurus dorsalis,
1 Callisaurus draconoides, & 1 Phrynosoma
m'calli that we brought back to UCR.
In addition, we recorded the time
that 46 lizards were active. Later
we measured the temperature of 2
Dipsosaurus dorsalis continuously
(Yellow Springs telethermometers) after
they were released into their burrows.
We measured the temperature of one for
20 minutes, the second one for 43
minutes. We returned to UCR at
1515 after a trip of 143 miles.
Aug. 18 Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
al Bennett, Ken Evans and I left
UCR at 0610 to try to get lizards to
fill some "holes" in my data.