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Greene, H.
1993
July 27 (continued)
at 0805h we found Grotalus willardi ♂ #8 under the same clump of bunch grass, which is in sun, his head facing out. At 0815h I found C. willardi ♀ #15 under the downslope facing rock where we first spotted her this trip - a coil barely visible, couldn't see her head; in shade. At 0855h found C. willardi ♂ #16 and ♀ #17 signals from same bunch grass as before and could see edge of one body coil; in shade. At 0905h C. willardi ♀ #14 is under same small rock as yesterday, but can only see edge of body, not head; in shade. Walking on the east canyon slopes Kelly found another neonate Phymosa douglasi (she needs them for her DNA analysis of intraspecific phylogeny) and she hand caught a gravid Holcoshia maculata.
at 1050h (w/out selenity gear) I spotted C. willardi ♀ #15 in the same crack, 6-8 cm from the entrance, her posterior body coil and head facing out; she is in shade, her rock in sun. At 1105h I saw a coil where C. willardi ♂ #16 & ♀ #17 were radiolocated this AM; their grassclumps is in hot sun but they are shaded. At 1110h I spotted C. willardi ♀ #14 in the same place, her rock slide in sun. Her head and a swollen posterior body coil are in shade just inside the entrance to the crevice. I am impressed by how inconspicuous are those gravid females. We broke camp after lunch and returned to Tucson, from where Kelly will fly to Seattle tomorrow
July 29 Arrived back at Little Scotia Canyon at 0840h - sunny, obviously hasn't rained since we left. At 0850h I