Field notes, v1310
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18 July 273-276 Holbrookia elegans Primarily along the flat open washes but a few on the less vegetated edges of the flats. # 273 & chest & sides with a yellowish wash; black side blotches surrounded narrowly by bluish gray. # 274 & gular area with a small orange blotch; sides of body yellow; black lateral spots surrounded by narrow turquoise blue. SVL = 60mm. 277-280 Callisaurus draconoides: concentrated almost exclusively along the dry washes and slightly raised islands in the water. These lizards will often run a short distance when first seen and then stop. They can then be approached fairly closely. After they break from their first hold, however, they are much more difficult to approach, and will run sooner & go farther than when first encountered. When they run they carry their tails curled over their back revealing the sharp black & white pattern on the under- side of the tail. When they stop they swing the tail back and forth briefly. They look like small dogs when they