Studies of Reptile Life in the Arid Southwest (Classic Reprint)

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I have discussed elsewhere some results of the development of the motor car and the extension of good roads in their effects on herpetological col The consequent ease of access to remote territories and the num ber of specimens found run over on the road which are still in a condition satisfactory for study, have greatly improved the character and scope of our collections, and our knowledge of reptile ranges. It is but natural that the use of the motor car has been extended to a particular phase of this kind of collecting, namely, the hunting of nocturnal species in desert or semi desert areas by driving slowly along the roads, picking up the snakes and lizards which are crossing, as they are disclosed by the headlights of the car. This scheme has now been so thoroughly tried out, and its effect on our knowledge of southwestern reptiles has been so considerable, that a description of the practice and some of its results should be of interest to those who may find an opportunity to experiment in desert territories where it has not yet been tried.

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