Field journal, v4298
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Mayhew 1962 Journal 16. May 1 Blue Ridge, Los Angeles Co., Calif. Donna Hobbs, Bill Truesdell, Pete Allen + I left UCR at 0920 to try to catch some ? Sceloporus occidentalis above 7,000 feet. Male S. occidentalis caught last week up there contained motile sperm in the vas deferens, just as the males (S. occidentalis) caught this week on campus, 2 Campus ?? contained eggs in the oviducts, so I was very anxious to see if the same situation prevailed at 7,000 feet. Female S. occidentalis again were not seen in large numbers (last trip up Walt Mobley + I didn't see a single ? S. occidentalis). However, we caught several (8) this time. By 1630, when we quit looking for animals we had captured the following: Sceloporus occidentalis - 28 (20 ?, 8 ?) Sceloporus graciosus - 18 (11?, 6 ?, 1juv.) Uta stansburiana - 6 (2 ?, 4 ?) Enneeca skiltonianus - 1 Total 53 We reached UCR at 1730, after a trip of 110 miles. One adult Sceloporus occidentalis was seen eating a half- grown Uta stansburiana. The S. occidentalis escaped us, however.