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Herbivision
1950
Phrynosoma coronatum
Sept. 3 Black Rock Spring, 4500 ft., San Bernardino Co. Calif.
'½"+ rain the night before; morning mostly overcast.
In main canyon at point above camp where it widens out into a fairly broad trough,
I collected 4 individuals. The soil here is the type of sterile - appearing small-gravel (eroded granite) common in the area.
In the bottoms of minor washes it assumes more of an alluvial character. The vegetation is pinon-juniper, rather thinly distributed, with burro brush and some manzanita.
All four individuals were on bare gravel, and ran under plant cover when approached. The one large animal was in a manzanita patch; the other three in burro brush. First one found accidentally during litch-collecting; other three were result of concentrated two hour search.
One upon having formalin injected into it under some pressure, disgorged a large quantity of dark brown winged insects which I believe were alate termites. Many termites were in flight at the time.