CROCODILIANS, LIZARDS, AND SNAKES. 



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UTA PALMERII Stejneger. 

 . Utapalvierii Stejnegkr, North American Fauna, No. 3, 1890, p. 104. 



Similar to typical U. stansburiana and with the, same dorsal lepidosis, the scales 

 being small, tuberciilato, and not carinatod for their entire length, but much larger 

 and with longer fore legs, the tips of which when adpressed reach to or beyond the 

 insertion of the thigh; scales on edge of collar much smaller; large prefrontals, 

 about twice as large as the largest supraoculars; number of femoral pores about 17; 

 about thirty dorsals in a head length ; color (in alcohol) above, uniform bluish drab, 

 with numerous small whitish dots, two to three scales large, sprinkled over the bcTdy^ 

 and no dusky markings whatever ; dark-blue blotch behind axilla present, though 

 rather indistinct. 



Fi'T. :!9. 



ITta palmeru Ste.inkoer. 



X i. 



San Pedro Martir Island, Gulf of California. 



Cat. No. 16(iiW, U.S.N. M. 



Uahitat. — San Pedro Martir Island, Gulf of California. 



Type.—^o. 1G002, U. S. N. M., Edward Palmer, collector. 



Dimensions of huyjesl ■specimen (female). — Total length (tail reproduced), ir>8 mm.; 

 head, 15 mm. ; width of head, 14 mm. ; snout to posterior gular fohl, 25 mm. ; gular 

 fold to vent, 48 mm. ; fore limb, 33 mm. ; hind limb, 52 mm. Stejneger. 



UTA LEVIS Stejneger. 

 Uta levis Ste.tnegek, North American Fauna, No, 3, 1890, ]i. 108. 



A baud of about six longitudinal, somewhat irregular rows of enlarged 

 and only sligbtly carinated scales along tbe middle of the back from the 

 shoulders backwards; the two median rows smaller; no lateral line of 

 enlarged scales or tubercles on body or neck; frontal divided trans- 

 versely; tail much less than twice the length of head and body; length 

 of hind leg considerably less than distance from i)osterior gular fold to 

 vent; no dark spot behind axilla. 



This form, of which both male and female (Cat. Nos. 11474, 8554) were 

 collected by myself at Tierra Amarilla, about 110 miles northwest ot 

 Santa Fe, New Mexico, at an altitude of about 7,800 feet, is easily distin- 



