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Greene, H.
1984
27 October
~2-3 mi W. of Lake Elsinore on Hwy 74, Orange Co., California
After a beautiful drive through the Santa Ana Mountains, I
stopped at this roadside spot where in the spring of
1979 I caught a juvenile Crotalus ruber. Today turned
pieces of tin and boards, but got only Uta and
Sceloporus occidentalis (this was ~10am).
Piogal Creek, San Bernardino Co., California
Walked around here from 1400-1600 hrs. Sunny,
a little cool, rocks warm to touch. Saw ~6-8 Uta,
caught one. Also got a small adult ? Theroaurus
gracilous under a rock, ~1.5m from a creosote
bush. Saw tail drags, c.f. Cremidophorus, and
lots of mammal tracks, but no snakes or snake
tracks. Got circled by a CHP plane and then
an officer in a car - said they're watching for
stolen vehicles. Supper in Judlow. Road hunted
from ~1815-2030, ~70 miles. Got adult
Crotalus cerastes at 1827 and 1900 hr, both very
noisy, and an adult ? Coleonyx between the
two. I drove back and forth from the RR
tracks to a point ~10.7 miles west of them,
thereby covering both places where lava crosses
National Trail Hwy and hoping to get a Timmphodon!
28 October
Hwy 140 at Newbury Springs, San Bernardino Co., California
DOR Masticophis flagellum at ~0830hr, apparently hit yesterday.
Total length ~40-50cm, so I surmise it was a yearly.