372 



REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



the V-shaped marks are more thickened except at the extreme angle, so as to have 

 somewhat the appearance of being broken np into two series of blotches on each side, 

 the upper leg of the V separated from the lower by the light line and thickened 

 so as to appear somewhat triangular. 



I do uot find the characters above mentioned to be sufficiently con- 

 stant to warrant the recognition of these Pacific forms as either species 

 or subspecies, although I formerly' recognized them as Sceloporus 



Fig. 58. 



SCELOPORUS UNDCLATCS UXDULATUS LATREILLE. 

 = 1. 



California. 



Cat. No. 866i, U.S.N.!\r. 



undulatus thayerii, a name which is i^roperly applicable to a Texan 

 form. 



Professor Baird also di.stinguished a long-legged race from southern 

 California under the specific name of S. longipes Baird. I do not find 

 this character constant enough to warrant such recognition. Professor 

 Baird describes it as follows : 



Hind foot and fore leg from elbow contained about two and a half times in the 

 total length of head and body, the entire hind leg longer than the body alone, and 



' Check List North American Batrachia and Reptilia, p. 49. 



