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HYPERYTHRUS GROUP 



Species. — One, represented by six forms as at present recognized. 

 Range. — Extreme southwest California south throughout the penin- 

 sula of Baja California and on adjacent islands. 



CNEMIDOPHORUS HYPERYTHRUS BELDINGI (Stejneger) 



Verticaria beldingi Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 17, 1894, p. 17. 

 Verticaria hyperythra beldingi, Van Denburgh, Occ. Pap. California Acad. Sci., 



No. 10, 1922, pp. 560-563, pi. 55. 

 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus beldingi, Grinnell and Camp, Univ. California Publ. 



Zool., vol. 17, 1917, p. 175. 



Type.— U.S. IS^.M. No. 11980; L. Belding collector. 

 Type locality. — "Cerros" Island, Baja California. 

 Range. — Extreme southwestern California southward on Pacific 

 slopes (not Gulf) to Cedros Island. 



CNEMIDOPHORUS HYPERYTHRUS CAERULEUS (Dickerson) 



Verticaria caerulea Dickerson, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 41, 1919, p. 472. 

 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus caeruleus, Burt, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 154, 1931, pp. 

 240-242. 



Type. — Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. No. 5517; C. H. Townsend collector. 

 Type locality. — Carmen Island, Baja California. 

 Range. — Known only from the type locality. 



CNEMIDOPHORUS HYPERYTHRUS DANHEIMAE Burt 



Verticaria sericea Van Denburgh, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 5, 

 1895, pp. 132-133, pi. 12. 



Cnemidophorus hyperythrus danheimae Burt, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 42, 

 1929, p. 154 (new name for Verticaria sericea Van Denburgh, 1895, pre- 

 occupied by Cnemidophorus gularis sericeus Cope, 1892); U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Bull. 154, 1931, pp. 244-246. 



Type. — California Acad. Sci. No. 435; Walter E. Bryant collector. 

 Type locality. — San Jose Island, Gulf of California, Baja California. 

 Range. — Known only from the type locality. 



CNEMIDOPHORUS HYPERYTHRUS PICTUS (Van Denburgh and Slevin) 



Verticaria picta Van Denburgh and Slevin. Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 



vol. 11, 1921, p. 98. 

 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus pictus, Burt, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 154, 1931, pp. 



242-244. 



Type. — California Acad. Sci. No. 49155; Joseph R. Slevin collector. 

 Type locality. — Monserrate Island, Baja California. 

 Range. — Known only from the type locality. 



