Field notes, v1304
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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.