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purietal (occipital) plate. The ventral scales are larger than the dorsals and per- 

 fectly smooth. The caudals are the largest of all and are very strongly keeled and 

 mncronate. The number of femoral pores varies from nine to thirteen. The color 

 of the throats of the males varies from canary yellow to deep Chinese orange. 



This species was referred to by Professor Baird as Uta ornata.^ 



UTA PARVISCUTATA Van Denburgh. 



Uta jyarriscutata Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1894, p. 298 (microscutata) ; 

 1895, p. 106, pi, viii, figs. E, G ; pi. ix. 



Fig. 45. 



TTtA PARVISCUTATA VAN DENBURGH. 

 X 2.5. 



Lower California. 



From Van Deuburfth. 



The followiug is the description given by Mr. Van Denburgh in the 

 publication above cited: 



Two specimens of Uta from Lower California, while manifestly related to U. iiU/ri- 

 cauda, as shown by the presence of a single fiontal, the general style of the dorsal 

 lepidosis, and the coloration, differ so much from that species (by the small size of 

 the dorsal scales, the very gradual change from the largest dorsal scales to the gran- 

 ular laterals, the blue instead of orange gular patch in the male) as to make their 

 separation imperative. 



A single frontal; four large supraoculars; one large and two small projecting 

 scales on the anterior border of the ear. The largest dorsal scales are along the 

 median line, on each side of which they become gradually smaller, until a granular 

 form is assumed, at a distance varying from four to seven rows of scales from the 

 median -line. Thirty-four of the largest dorsal scales equal the length of the shielded 

 part of the head. A slight dermal fold extends from above the thigh to near the 

 upper end of the oval ear opening. There is a strong gular fold, edgecl with rounded 

 scales, which are slightly larger than those just in front. The dorsal and posterior 



' Proceedings, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 1859, p. 299. 



