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Professor Cope described this form from specimens secured on Cerros
Island.
=7. Cnemidophorus labialis= _Stejneger_.
_Cnemidophorus labialis_ STEJNEGER, Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus. 1889, p. 643; COPE, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. v. 17,
art. 3, 1892, p. 51; VAN DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad.
Sci. 2d ser. v. 5, 1895, p. 128; COPE, Report, U. S.
Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 610.
Cerros Island is the type locality of this species also. Five
specimens were collected by Mr. Belding.
=8. Crotalus exsul= _Garman_.
_Crotalus exsul_ GARMAN, Mem. Mus. Compar. Zool. Camb.
v. 8, no. 3, 1883, pp. 114, 174; GARMAN, Bull. Essex
Inst. v. 16, no. 1, 1884, p. 35; VAN DENBURGH, Proc.
Cal. Acad. Sci. 2d ser. v. 5, 1895, p. 157.
Under this name Garman has described from two specimens a small
rattlesnake from Cerros Island. It seems very closely related to _C.
atrox_.
NATIVIDAD ISLAND.
I have seen only one lizard from this island.
=1. Uta stansburiana= _Baird & Girard_.
A single specimen (Cal. Acad. Sci. No. 4705) of this _Uta_ was secured
on Natividad by Mr. R. H. Beck, May 9, 1903.
MAGDALENA ISLAND.
I have elsewhere recorded six species of lizards from this island.
It is necessary only to mention them here. The specimens are in the
collection of the Academy.
=1. Dipsosaurus dorsalis= _Baird & Girard_.
_Dipsosaurus dorsalis_ VAN DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad.
Sci. 2d ser. v. 5, 1895, p. 93.
One was secured by Mr. Bryant in March, 1889.
=2. Crotaphytus wislizenii= _Baird & Girard_.
_Crotaphytus copeii?_ VAN DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad.
Sci. 2d ser. v. 5, 1895, p. 95.
Upon reëxamination, I am unable to separate two specimens from
Magdalena Island from the common form of this lizard.
=3. Uta nigricauda= _Cope_.
_Uta nigricauda_ VAN DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 2d
ser. v. 5, 1895, p. 108.
Mr. Bryant secured a number of these lizards on Magdalena Island in
1888 and 1889.
=4. Sceloporus zosteromus= _Cope_.
_Sceloporus zosteromus_ VAN DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad.
Sci. 2d ser. v. 5, 1895, p. 110; BOULENGER, Proc. Zool.
Soc. Lond. 1897, p. 499; MOCQUARD, Nouv. Arch. Mus.
sér. 4, 1899, P. 314; COPE, Report, U. S. Nat. Mus.
1898 (1900), p. 358.
The Academy has eight examples of this lizard taken on Magdalena by
Mr. Bryant in February and March, 1889.
=5. Verticaria hyperythra beldingi= (_Stejneger_).
_Verticaria hyperythra beldingi_ VAN DENBURGH, Proc.
Cal. Acad. Sci. 2d ser. v. 5, 1895, p. 132.
Three specimens were collected by Mr. Bryant in March, 1889.
=6. Cnemidophorus rubidus= (_Cope_).
_Cnemidophorus rubidus_ VAN DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad.
Sci. 2d ser. v. 5, 1895, p. 127.
A lizard of this species was taken on Magdalena Island in March, 1889,
by Mr. W. E. Bryant.
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