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Gulloni
1949
Sceloporus gracilous -1-
Sept 1 1 mi W Brannan Mtn., 3300 ft, Humboldt Co., Calif.
Taken about 2:15 p.m. under a scrubby
Tan Oak on the edge of an acre clearing
covered with Ceanothus cuneatus. The
animal had been foraging in oak leaf
litter in full hot sun and ran for
shelter as I approached. This area
is on the edge of extensive logging operations
in Douglas Fir Forest. Later, I was
seen and later collected (by Cogswell)
on the top of Brannan Mtn 3900 ft.
(see Cogwells account).
Sept 9 Red Mtn., 5300 ft., 14 mi S Hayford Trinity Co, Calif.-
I collected on a S facing slope covered with
widely (10 feet apart) spaced Ceanothus
cuneatus bushes. The area between the
bushes, and where this lizard was foraging,
is composed of 1/2 to 3 inch broken fragments
of a shiny Serpentine like rock. This area
has been in full sunlight for probably 3 hours.
The temperature in the sun where this
animal was foraging is 89° F. -A second
one collected on a black-lichen covered rock
out-crop on the crest of the ridge. At the
time of collecting the sun was behind a cloud and
the light breeze gave a temperature of 70° F.
The sun came out and the temperature went up
immediately to 73° F.