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1905, p. 195). Jalisco {La Tres Manetas Islands, middle ishnid. 

 C.A.S.; Vallarta, A.M.N.H.; Va/hy near Guadalajara, Cope, 1877. 

 p. 94, U.S.N.M.). Michoacan {Alvarado, M.C.Z.; La Salada, 

 U.S.N.M.; Mescala, Gadow, 1900, p. 277). Xayarit {Mhiamon, 

 U.S.N.M.; ^an Bias, Van Denburgh, 1897b, p. 463, U.S.N.M., 

 A.M.N.H.). Oaxaca {Ghwela, A.M.N.H., M.C.Z.; Juchitan, Cope, 

 1877, p. 95, U.S.N.:\r.; MiaJiuaflan to Ejutla, A.M.N.H.; MixtequiUo, 

 C.A.S., A.M.X.H.; Oaxaca, M.V.Z.U.C; Sallna Cruz, Gadow, 1906, 

 p. 277, A.M.N.H. ; San Carlos, Gadow, 1906, p. 277; Sa^% Domingo, 

 Gadow, 1906, \). 277; San. Gcronimo, A.M.N.H., F.M.N.H.; San Luis 

 Allende, Gadow, 1906, p. 277; Santiago Astata, A.M.N.H. ; Tajmna- 

 fepec, M.C.Z.; Tehuanteiyec, Gadow, 1906, p. 277, U.S.N.M.; 'S miles 

 north of Telmantepec, A.]\I.X.H.; ^yest Tehuantepec, Cope, 1887, 

 p. 44; Tequesixtlan, Gadow, 1906, p. 277). Vera Cruz {Agua Fria, 

 Gadow, 1906, p. 277; CJiichicaxtle, U.S.N.M.; Goatzacoalcos Bay, 

 U.S.N.M.; Cuatotlapan, Mich.; El Potrero, M.C.Z.; Mandinga, 

 A.M.N.H.; Otojya, Euthven, 19126, p. 231, F.M.N.H.; South of 

 Panteon Viego, A.M.N.H. ; Perez, Ruthven, 1912&, p. 231, F.M.N.H.. ; 

 Sand Lhines 2 miles south of Vera Cruz, A.M.N.H. ; San Francisco, 

 Ruthven, 1912&, p. 231; San Juan Evangelist a, Gadow, 1906, p. 277: 

 Vera Cruz, Ruthven, 1912&, p. 231, A.M.N.H., C.A.S., F.M.N.H.). 



NICARAGUA.— Dept. of Chontales {San Lorenzo, F.M.N.H.). 

 Chinandega {Chinandega, M.C.Z. ; Corlnto, Werner, 1910, p. 27). 

 Granada {Granada, F.M.N.H.). Leon {Mowotomho, F.M.N.H.). 



^KLYAVfOR.— {General Report, Gunther, 1885, p. 27). 



Habitat and habits. — Very little is known concerning the habitat 

 of this form and evidently nothing has been published about its 

 habits. According to Gadow (1910, p. 706) deppii reaches a max- 

 imum altitudinal distribution of 4,000 feet in Mexico. The same 

 author (1908, p. 139) found it on the "open savannahs of Juanita," 

 and recalled (p. 234) having seen inanj^ examples '' in the sandy bed 

 of the Tehuantepec River of southern Mexico." Ruthven (1912<2, 

 p. 322), working in Vera Cruz, found this subspecies to be very 

 rare, and wrote as follows : " The three specimens taken were found 

 in a thicket of low bushes on the savannah near the San Juan River. 

 In this thicket, which was about a hundred meters in diameter, there 

 were scores of Ameiva undulata, but these three specimens of C . 

 deppii were the only ones seen. That they were really rare in this 

 habitat and not merely overlooked was shown by the fact that the 

 thicket was worked thoroughly, and the three specimens were taken 

 on different days in almost exactly the same place." 



Enemies. — The Mexican whip snake, Masticophis mentovarius, 

 was mentioned by Gadow (1908, p. 166) as preying upon these 

 lizards. 



