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Greene, H.
1991
August 15 We both think he looks heavy and well fed compared
(continued) to C. mrollossus #3. We set out of sight, then checked
#8 at 1025h, and his head is bent backe:
Walking down the mountain we collected a gravid ?
Throsaurus ornatus as a voucher for the study site.
After lunch we processed rattlesnakes and a Pituphis
mrelolencus Dave Hardy caught yesterday on the Paradise
Rd. ~1 mi. NW of Portal (J 1166+175mm, 600g). at
1525h, we found Croialus mrollossus #3 on the E.
bank of the same ravine, ~30m W of this Dmad
across that ravine from where he was at 1730h on
the 13th. The snake was in the open and rattled
once as Dave walked up on him. At 1655h, C.
mrollossus #8 is 3m SE of this DM, coiled
under a boulder edge, w/ edge of coiland head
pointing out; it is cool and overcast. As we
hiked down the mountain I heard a dry rustle
and saw a large Seeloperus clarki descend
head-first the dry stalk of an agave. Every was
chillng and there were stores in the distance, but
we drove to the State Line and back, catchi a Tantilla
migriceps on Portal Rd. and a Trimophodon between
the store and the Hardys' house.
August 16 Early this Am Dave was called about Neil Ford's