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Greene, H.
1992
August 14 (continued) as previously, but can't see the snake. At 0935h we found small ♂ C. molossus #11 in a coil under the same flogged brush where I found him w/ Jay Cole on August 3. At 1005h we could see ♂ #3 and ♀ #17 [illegible] top of the rock wall. At 1042h we found C. molossus ♂ #1[illegible] ≈ 100m N of the road and >100 m from yesterday's site, in a coil under an herb in rock cavity. At 1108h Dave and I finally spotted C. molossus ♂ #8 and ♀ #14 in wavy parallel coils, his head on top of hers and both immobile on the W. side of a bush in shade, ≈ 1 m from the boulder where they have been for days. At 1201h C. molossus ♀ #16 is 20m NNW of her last site, in a tight coil under a large horizontal limb of a big mesquite, no rattling or tongue-flicking. At 1725h on our way to the Zweifel's for dinner, we caught an adult Salvadora grahamiae in the road in late afternoon sun at the top of Silver Creek Canyon.
August 15 Took photos of Dave and I w/ a blacktail for possible use on the dust jacket of the book I'm writing. At 0827h we located the signals of C. molossus ♂ #3 and ♀ #17 at the same site. At 0848h we found C. molossus ♀ #15 in a tight coil in shade ≈ 4m ESE of ♂ #9's August 13 site (PM) & ≈ 75m NNE yesterday. 0912h C. molossus ♂ #11 is crawling slowly through the low leaves of an agave ≈ 75m N of road & ≈ 200m W. of his last site. At 0934h C. molossus #16 is 3m