Field notes, v1305
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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.