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Gresert, H.
1990
August 16 ♀ C. molossus #5 rattle for an instant at my feet,
(continued) just as the radio indicated I was very close. She is
coiled under a low acacia ≥30m E of yesterday's
site, next to a clear spot of ground and on the
W edge of an arroyo. At 1056 h we found ♂ C.
molossus #6 on the E side of the next arroyo
E. of the one #5 is above, thus ≥100 m E. of yester-
day's site. He's in an open coil in dappled
sun, under a nearly leafless 1m high acacia.
No reaction as we walked softly around him. Saw
a Eunotia sp. on a barren ledge across the arroyo
from him. At 1126 h we found C. molossus ♂ #1
stretched out on the slope in open, ≈100 m downhill
and slightly SE of yesterday – he froze as we
approached then crawled under a 1m acacia,
gave one brief rattle click, and coiled. At ≈1200h
we met Jürgen Schumacher, Elliott Jacobson, and Tom
Moise at the Portal Garbage dump by chance, and
learned they had just photographed combat and copulation
among 3 C. molossus at Granite Gap, so with
Jürgen as guide we went arrived there ≈1230h.
Granite Gap, 18.5 mi N. Rodeo, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico
Tom Moise (Cal Poly Pomona), Elliott R. Jacobson, and
Jürgen Schumacher (the latter two Box J-126,
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida 32610) arrived here ≈1030h, at
a site on the south side of the pass, west side of