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The following species and subspecies have been found 

 in Nevada: 



Gophenis agassizii, Heloderma suspectum, 



Dipsosaiirns dorsalis, Cnemidophorus tigris, 



Callisaiirus ventialis, Charina bott;«, 

 Holbrookia luaculata approximaus, Lampropeltis boylii, 



Crotaphj'tus bailej'i, Salvadora graliamiie, 



Crotaphytiis wislizenii, Bascanion flagellum fveuatum, 



Sauromalus ater, Bascaniou tseniahim, 



Uta stansburiana, Pituophis catenifer deserticola, 



Uta graciosa, Thamuophis parietalis, 



Sceloporus graciosiis, Thamuophis vagrans, 



Sceloporus biseriatus, Crotahis lucifer, 



Sceloporus magisier, Crotalus tigris, 



Phryuosoma platyrhiuos, Crotalus cerastes. 



Many kinds of reptiles vary so much that it is diffi- 

 cult to find two specimens which are alike in color and 

 squamation. Sometimes the variations correspond with 

 definite geographical areas, as in the case of Cnemidoph- 

 orus tigris and C. t. undidatus or Fhrynosoma blain- 

 villii and P. frontale, but more frequently they are 

 purely individual, as in Charina and many species of 

 Thamnophis. Many reptiles are subject to chameleonic 

 changes, or changes in accordance with the intensity of 

 the light, or with the colors of objects by which they 

 are surrounded. For these reasons the collector should 

 strive to secure many specimens of each species. 



Reptiles are to be found in all sorts of situations. 

 The collector should study their habits if he would be 

 successful in his search. Some kinds prefer moist 

 places, while others are most abundant on barren hill- 

 sides or on the open desert. As a rule, reptiles like 

 sunlight and warmth, but some species live in the 

 thicker forests, and not a few are nocturnal. 



Some reptiles may be caught with the hands unaided 

 by any apparatus. Other species, too agile to be cap- 



