1853.] 301 



SAURIANS. 



1. Crotaphytus dorsalis, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad. vi., 

 1S52, 126. 



From the desert of Colorado. 



2. ScELOpoRus occiDENTALis, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. vi., 

 1S52, 175. 



From San Francisco. 



3. Uta Stansburiana, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi., 1852, 

 69, and Stansbiiry^s Expl. of Valley of Great Salt Lake, 1852, 345, pi. 5, 

 iig. 46. 



4. Uta ornata, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi., 1852, li26. 

 From San Diego and San Francisco. 



5. Phrynosoma CORONATU3I, Blainv. Glrard in Stansbury's Expl, of Valley 

 of Great Salt Lake, 1852, Append. C. 360, pi. 8, fig. 712. 



From San Diego. 



6. Cnemidophorus gracilis, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi., 

 1852, 128. 



From the Desert of Colorado. 



7. Elgaria scincicauda, B. and G., Proc Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi., 1852, 

 69 ; and in Stanshury^s Expl. Valley of Great Salt Lake, 1852, 348, pi. 4, figs. 



From California. 



8. Plestiodon Skiltonianum, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi., 

 1852, 69; and in Stansbury's Expl. of Valley of Great Salt Lake, 1852, 349, 

 pi. 4, figs. 4 6. 



From San Diego. 



9. Anniella pulchra, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. No. 60, 1852, 440. 

 San Diego. 



BATRACHIANS. 



1. BuFO HALOPHiLA, B. and G. Above dark brown, beneath reddish brown, 

 minutely blotched with black. A narrow pale ventral line from snout to 

 coccyx. A broad patch of dull reddish extending a little obliquely from the 

 eye to the edge of the mouth, narrowing below. 



Hab. Benicia. Frequenting the ed2;es of the sea, and jumping into the water 

 when pursued.* 



2. Hyla regilla, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi. 1852, 174. 

 Syn. Hyla scapularis, Hallow., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad. vi., 1852, 183. 

 Ilab. San Francisa or San Francisco. 



3. Litoria OCCIDENTALIS, B. and G. Throat smooth. Abdomen, sides of 

 body and lower surface of thighs granulated. Tympanum very small. Fingers 

 almost or entirely free ; toes slightly webbed at the base ; extremities of both 

 not dilated. Color above pale chestnut, with obscure or obsolete blotches of 

 darker. Beneath white. A few cross bands on the outside of the legs. A 

 dark chestnut line beginning at the nostril, passes back through the eye, behind 

 which it widens so as to include the tympanum, stopping just above the insertion 

 of the arm. One or two oblique blotches of dark chestnut on each side. 



Body 1 l-16th inches long ; hind leg extended 1^ inch. 

 Hab, San Francisco. 



4. Rana Lecontii, B. and G. Snout moderately pointed. Tympanum very 

 small, scarcely more than half the width of the eye. Skin quite smooth. A 



Compare the habits of Leiuperus salarius Bell, Voy. of Beagle, Zool. Rept. 

 39, (Lee) 



