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Hence, H.
1980
26 June at 9 rd miles NW of Hwy 163 (near Moab) on Hwy 128,
Grand Co. Utah
Looked on red boulders and talus slope here,
below steep cliffs that are the SE 1/2 wall of
the Colorado River Canyon. Saw only Sceloporus
undulatus (slight reddish cast, one ? w/seast
injuries) and Uta stansburiana (very
heavy reddish overwash). Collected
3 and 2, respectively. This was approx 1045-1/35 hrs.
After lunch went to Arches visitor center and
ask woman ranger about Phrynosoma -- said
to see Carl Mikesell, a retired man who
lives at Pack Creek Ranch, a few miles
SE of Moab, up in the pinion-juniper
slopes of the mountains. A nice drive
and on the way noted 2 Crotaphytus collaris.
Met Carl, and he took us to the end of
the pavement, just past Pack Creek.
0.5 mi above his house I found a bright
yellow/green Crotaphytus flat on a boulder
(4-1/2 m diameter) facing the sun. This was in
sparse juniper/sage, very rocky. At
1.5 mi past his house, just past Pack Creek,
we climbed a slope to the left of the
dirt road and I tried repeatedly
to nose a Cnemidophorus velox.