Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 3, Volume 4 (Zoology)Various
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 3, Volume 4 (Zoology)
Various
Zoology -- Periodicals
Head above grayish olive; central portion of neck and back dark
brown, with 2 series of rather indefinite darker brown blotches
each bordered behind and sometimes laterally by pale blue
scales; some scattered pale blue dots on back and upper surfaces
of limbs and tail; tail marbled with brown and blue; sides
mottled with brown and pale bluish yellow, forming stripes on
sides of neck; chin and gular region indigo, mottled with bluish
yellow at sides; postaxillary blotch blackish indigo; lower
surfaces of body, limbs and tail grayish indigo.
Length to anus 62
Length of tail 92
Snout to ear 15
Shielded part of head 14
Width of head 13
Fore limb 26
Hind limb 46
Base of fifth to end of fourth toe 18
Fifth toe 10
Only one specimen of this _Uta_ was secured.
=2. Gerrhonotus scincicauda ignavus= subsp. nov.
PLATE VII, FIGS. 1-2.
_Diagnosis._--Similar to _G. scincicauda_ but with scales
generally more strongly carinate; temporal scales keeled; dorsal
and caudal scales strongly keeled; scales of arm and forearm
keeled; lower lateral caudals keeled; dorsals in 14 (sometimes
12-2/2) longitudinal rows; dark lines along the middles of
ventral rows; azygous prefrontal large; interoccipital single;
back usually with complete dark cross-bands.
_Type._--Cal. Acad. Sci. No. 4699, San Martin Island, Lower
California, Mexico, R. H. Beck, May 3, 1903.
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