THE kp:ptiles of the huachuca mountains, 



ARIZONA. 



B}^ Leonhard Ste.tneger, 



Curator of the DlciKlon of Ilcptllex and Batracliians 



Few places in southern Arizona have been so well searched for rep- 

 tiles and by so many collectors as Fort Huachuca and the small moun- 

 tain stock back of it, the Huachuca Mountains. 



Man}" years ago Lieut. Harry C. Benson, then stationed at the fort, 

 sent the United States National Museum a small but yery interesting- 

 lot of specimens. Dr. Timothy E. Wilcox, the surgeon of the fort for 

 many years, has made yery exhaustive collections there, and some of 

 the most interesting specimens were secured by him. Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher has added materially to jur knowledge of the herpetology of 

 that locality during his visit there in 1892. I myself spent a few days 

 at Fort Huachuca during the early part of November, 18S9, but the 

 season was too far advanced for any successf id collecting. 



In the following list I have incorporated the additional species col- 

 lected by Mr. W. W. Price in the Huachuca Mountains during 1893 

 and 1894. His collection is now the property of Leland Stanford 

 Junior University, and has been most alily reported upon by Mr. John 

 van Denburgh.^ 



CHELOMA. 

 KINOSTERNON SONORIENSE Le Conte. 



This mud turtle occurs in the first "cienega" in the canyon above 

 the fort, about 5,300 feet above the sea, whence we have six specimens 

 collected by Dr. Wilcox (Nos. 1T779-17781; 19680; 21120-21121). 

 Dr. Fisher has informed me that this species is common in Babaco- 

 mari Creek. 



SAURIA. 



CROTAPHYTUS BAILEYI Stejneger. 



One specimen from Lieutenant Benson (No. 14748), one from Mr. 

 Loring (No. 22208), and four from Dr. Wilcox (Nos. 19704-19707) tes- 



iProc. Cal. Acad. Sci., (2) VI, August 18, 1896, pp. 338-349. 



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