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Mymal Leonz
1969
Journal
75
3 mi. NW Morope, 100 ft., Dept. Lambayeque, Peru
Aug. 15 (sat.) display. Perhaps it is species specific, or maybe it
is indeed a reaction to the temperature of the sand.
When I saw the display yesterday it was quite list.
Maybe it's just coincidence, but the lizards I've seen
so far are sequentially larger & larger. I wonder if lizards
have the equivalent of roosting places - special places
where they go each morning to warm up. The sky
is overcast again and lizard activity is less.
11:30 am - on my way back to camp I saw a lizard
running along the soft part of the sand dune (MAL 291).
It buried itself and I dug it out.
Dr. Koford shot a couple of the band skaters lizards.
They are similar to Cnemidophorus tessilatus. He
got 2 Mus in his snares too. None of the Mues
seem to be breeding.
2 mi. SE Morope, 100 ft., Dept. Lambayeque, Peru
We arrived here at about 4:30 pm. It is a mesquite,
sandy desert area not too far from cultivated
places. I set 28 small shermans and 35 large
shermans in a line along a brush fence,
under which I saw little nice highways.
Dr. Koford set sweep trays, and Ray set 20
small
shermans and about 25 large shermans under
bushes & out on the sand. Here we found
tracks here, too. After 6:00 p.m. the fog
came in & down and it is becoming quite
windy & cold.