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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



SAUROMALUS HISPIDUS Stejneger. 



Smiromahis hisjndiis Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., XIV, 1891, p. 409. 

 SanromaJus (tier Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mns., No. 7, p. 36. — Townsend, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat Mns., XIII, 1890, p. 144. 



Habit very stout, liead depressed, body less so; nostrils large, tubu- 

 lar, opening upward and outward; upper head scales large, consider- 

 ably larger than tlie supraoculars, those of the parietal region largest, 



Fig. 22. 

 SAUROMALUS HISPIDUS StEJNEGER. 



X h 

 Angel Island, Gulf of California. 



Cat. No. 8563, U.S.N. M. 



tubercular, some nearly conical; three series of strong conical scales in 

 front of ear; several series of large conical tubercles on side of basal 

 half of mandible; neck above very rough, covered with large but 

 obtu.se spines, most of them fully as large as the anteauricular denticu- 

 lation, and descending on the po.stauiicular fold, sending a strong 

 branch forward, nearly connecting with the mandibular spines; dorsal 



