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REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS 

 OF LACUNA BEACH 



JULIUS HURTER, SR.* 

 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ST. LOUIS 



AMPHIBIA 



Bufo columbiensis Baird and Girard 

 This large toad is quite common at Laguna. 



Hyla regilla Baird 



A number of specimens of this tree frog were taken one night 

 after dark about the water tap behind the laboratory. 



REPTILIA 



Uta stansburiana Baird and Girard 

 Common on the cliffs along the coast. 



Cnemidophorus stejnegeri VanDenburgh 

 Occasional along the hills. 



Phrynosoma blainvilli Gray 

 In the dry mountains back of Arch Beach. 



Eumeces skiltonianus Baird and Girard 

 One specimen taken. 



Diadophis amabilis Baird and Girard 

 One specimen of this small snake taken near the laboratory. 



Thamnophis hammondi Kennicott 

 This water snake was taken in the slough at Aliso Creek. 



Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird and Girard 

 One specimen taken just as it was entering a squirrel burrow. 



Crotalus spp. 



Rattlesnakes of perhaps several species certainly several marked 

 color forms, are to be found in the hills about Laguna, as is indicated 

 by numbers of fine skins in the possession of people living at Laguna. 

 Good specimens of all these forms for study are great desiderata. 



Clemmys marmorata Baird and Girard 



This turtle was common in the brackish water slough at Aliso 

 Creek, and eight good specimens were taken there. 



*Mr. Hurter spent a couple of days at the laboratory and used them most indus- 

 triously, making in these two days a good beginning for a study of the amphibians and 

 reptiles of the region. Especially interesting to us was the lizard, Uta, living practically 

 within reach of the salt spray, and the turtle living in brackish water. Ed. 



