Field journal, v4298
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Mayhew 1962 Journal 12. April 21 Blue Ridge, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Walt Moberly & I left UCR at 1205 for a 3-day collecting trip. We reached Blue Ridge & began looking for lizards at 1330. The air was quite cool (12.5 °C), but several lizards were out. By 1710, when we quit looking, we had captured 12 Sceloporus graciosus (7♂, 5♀), 5 of Sceloporus occidentalis, & 3 Uta stansburiana (2♂, 1♀). Several others, particularly S. graciosus, were seen but not captured. We left Blue Ridge & headed for Lovejoy Buttes. Lovejoy Buttes, Los Angeles Co., Calif. We reached the Lovejoy Buttes area about 1930. We couldn't find the spot I had planned to camp in, so we spent the night at Joshua Tree State Park. April 22 We arose at 0630 and ate breakfast. We began looking for Sceloporus magister along the road west of the buttes at 0830. We saw the first S. magister at 0925 (air temp. at that time - 21.5 °C). Except for 20 minutes spent eating lunch (1410-1430), we were driving along the road between Lovejoy & Saddleback Buttes looking for lizards until 1825 (sundown about 1827). During that period we caught 2 Phrynosoma platyrhinos, 2 Uta stansburiana, and 23 Sceloporus magister (4♂♀, 18♂♀, 1 imm. ♂). I don't know where all the ♀ were hiding. We didn't even see any ♀ until fairly Several came snow piles at edge of road. ``` ```json {