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Mayhew
1964
Journal
7.
Aug. 19 Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
before sundown, so we left the area
at 1530. We reached UCR at 1630 after
a trip of 307 miles. During this
period we captured the following
lizards:
Uma scoparia - 28 (released 9)
Callisaurus - 20 ( " 11)
Sceloporus magister- 2
Uta stansburiana - 9
Crotaphytus wielgeri - 1
Cnemidophorus tigris- 2
Phrynosoma platyhiros- 3 (released 3)
Dipsosaurus dorsalis - 9 ( " 9 )
Total - 74 32
Lizards did not seem to be nearly
as abundant in the areas sampled
as they have in previous years.
I'm afraid this current long
drought is taking its toll of
lizards in these desert areas.
Sept. 2 Glamis area, Imperial Co., Calif.
Al Bennett, Shirley Hill & I left UCR to
try to get a September sample of Phrynosoma
micelli. We left the campus at 0745. We
made one rapid pass between the canals,
but saw no lizards (not even DOR's). We
spent the afternoon in the Algodones Dunes
observing the twins that Urosaurus
gracilissus and Uma notata are
active in September. However, I spent