Field notes, v1304
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Greene, H. 1980 16 December Mark stayed behind and I left w/ Fabian Jaksic at 0800 for Jampa. Had breakfast and contracted w/ the restaurant owner to have kids collect us some Callopietes. Next drove over the coast ranges, stopping to photograph acacia savannah on the E. slope looking back down the valley. Drove via Quillota to Concon, thence just landward of a large dune system to Quintero. It was cooler and somewhat foggy and overcast on the wasted side of the range. Finally stopped Ritoque 7 km (rd.) S. Quintero, Chile This is a small group of houses at a delapidated pier on a core, formerly (?) a prison for political prisoners. Facing the sea, there are low, regular, plant topped dune mounds, and here we saw several Liolemus nigrosquaculatus - they were extremely wary, and we caught none. This was approx 1300 and relatively cool and overcast. Next we walked onto the steep boulder coast, actually a point, to the right of the pier. Here we saw many L. nigrosquaculatus, males and females and by approx 1430 it was quite warm and sunny and they were