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Greene, H.
1989
August 16 (continued) on the other. Snake was immobile in a sun patch,
and only dashed off the road as I approached on foot. Squirmed and bit when seized. At approx 1230h
we released the Crotalus molossus at their original
capture site, a Necturus nest built into the side of a
pile of drifted branches in the canyon bottom. Barney
Tomberlin and I drove to Bernardino and back
between approx 1600-1840 h. At 1610h we found an adult
Crotalus scutulatus crossing State Line Rd. There
was a very DOR Heterodon nasicus adult on Hwy
80 at Bernardino, hit today since it wasn't there
last night. From approx 1630-1800 h Barney ad I
walked up to the old cinder mine, 22.2 mi SW
State Line Rd on Hwy 80, W of the Hwy. The ground
is muddy and there is standing water in
places; shy overcast, humid, almost cool. We
caught 3 Sceloporus undulatus, 1 Cnemidophorus
uniparens, and a pair of Cryptophytus collaris under
rocks and old boards. Barney spotted a small
Phrynosoma douglasii (or modestum?) crawling among
small rocks in open ground; piece of shedding
skin around head. Several Sceloporus
escaped because they dove into the bases of
"brunch grass" (?) when startled under rocks.
After preserving the lizards and a fast dinner, I
road hunted to Bernardino and back, up
to SWRS, out to 2 mi E. of Portal, and