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El Karlstuen
1956
Journal
April 27 tree-frogs found among 3 captured. Dylan todylus
recently hatched ~ 1 cm. length. Birds: Rock wren,
Gambel quail (5-6, > black-tailed ground squirrel, ?
Phrynosoma, (2-4) green-backed goldfinches.
Kodachrome # 13 & 14 Bullion mts. from highway
leading north to Amboy. Cercote-Atriplex association.
Amboy crater lava outflow.
1 Diglossana
1 Uta scoparia
10 Collisonura
3 Uta stansburiana - are taken 1935 feet
on crest of order cere. Population probably followed
Atriplex + Cercote (?) through a draw on south side
of mtn. Absence of large lizards. No chuckwallas
spotted. Overcast most of period 10:15-1:15 with
mild breeze. Clearing around 1:30 p.m. 1/5 of sky
cloaked with potently cumulus - stratus clouds.
Continued west on U.S. 66 to Barstow, then 66 and
91 toward Victorville. Mojave desert area windy ad
cool, overcast most of afternoon.
3 mi. N, 2 mi. W Victorville, San Bernardino Co.
6 Xantusia vigilis
1 Eumeces rubricaudatus
1 Sceloporus occidentalis
Fairly fresh sign of Sauromalus and Sceloporus
vigilis on rocks east of highway, but overcast,
stingy cool winds kept all surface activity down.
I found the Xantusia under blocks of felled