Field journal, v4298
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Mayhew 1962 Journal 49. Sept. 6 Palm Springs, Riverside Co., Calif. Dave Reuther & I left UCR at 0610, and reached our collecting site at 0715. We spent most of the morning (untill 0945) driving the roads & walking between creosote bushes in Palm Springs Panorama. All the Uma inornata collected today were captured there. The 1 Phrynosom m'calli caught today was found along Vista Chino Ave. a short distance west of the Panorama entrance. We looked for Dipsoaurus dorsalis, from 0945 untill we quit at 1130, in the residential area north of Vista Chino Ave. We captured 23 lizards of 3 species, as follows: Phrynosoma m'calli - 1 (♀) Uma inornata - 8 (5 ♂, 3 ♀) Dipsoaurus dorsalis - 14 (5 ♂, 2 ♀ 3 im, 4 juv.) The trip covered 116 miles. We reached UCR at 1240. The Dicoria canescens in the Panorama has grown very dense from all the watering that occurs there. New Astragalus sp. plants are beginning to appear. Most of the Larrea divicicata is in excellent shape for the same season. The weather was quite mild all morning. The air temperature (1meter) when we quit was only 106° F.