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H202, H.
1992
july 30 facial stripes blended w/ the basal dray grayish-white
(continued) grass blades. At 1055h an adult ♂ Elgaria
grass clump kingi by a rock in the ravine bottom. At x1130h Fred
heard a rattle and spotted a subadult ♂ C. willardi
unmarked, the 9th for our study. At 12/5h we found
C. willardi ♂#1 coiled tightly, partially covering the
also tightly coiled ♀, both well concealed under the
edge of the bunch grass she occupied previously.
Twice she moved slightly (her snout was initially
under one of his coils), each time he jerkily touched
her back 1-3 times. Saw Thosaurus and Cnemidophorus
(sonorae?) on rocks and in oak leaf litter, respectively
at 1330h the C. willardi pair were immobile in
the same grass clump. Earlier we watched him
crawling (searching for her?), frequent tongue-flicks
and strange back and forth movements of head
and neck - not limited. Fred and Dare have
seen him and at least one of the ♀♀ do this before,
suggesting it isn't just used by ♂♂ to search for
♀♀.
july 30 Chiricahua Mtns, Portal, Cochise Co., Arizona
arrived here ~1800h, driving over from the Huachuca's
on the drive I was studied by the darkly forested
(almost brooding) Sierra San Jose visible just across
the international border as I drove east toward
Bisbee. In contrast, Mule Mountain behind
Bisbee, which Joe Marshall mapped as heavily