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Hendrickson
1950
Uma scoparia
Sept. 13 1915 1mi. W. 23 mi. S. of Pinto Mt., 1750ft, Riverside Co., Calif.
These showed less tendency to run long
distances, and were more inclined to enter
holes (not available without running to across
open spaces?). They tended to hide in
the clumps of Wilaria (Eriogonum) which
grow in hillocks all over the dunes.
-habits: A rather marked "home range"
limitation might be indicated by
the actions of several animals which,
when disturbed, did not run straight
away from me, but circled at a distance
of 10-20 ft., running swiftly to a hole.
Other holes were twice in plain view,
but the lizards circled me 100°-180°
in order to reach another. Some
holes seen had many lizard tracks
at the openings, others had none.