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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