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obliquely keeled scales. Limbs rather long, covered 

 with keeled scales and granules. Femoral pores vary- 

 ing from sixteen to twenty-five in number. 



The general color is grayish brown above, variously 

 barred and reticulated with dark brown and slate, and 

 spotted or blotched with light gray or white. These 

 markings are often less distinct near the vertebral line 

 than laterally. The upper surface of the head is gray- 

 ish, brownish, or yellowish, more or less clouded with 

 slate, darkest on the supraocular regions. The tail is 

 whitish, yellowish, grayish, or brownish, marked with 

 rings of brown or slate. The lower surfaces are white, 

 marked on the chin and gular region with longitudinal 

 or oblique lines of brown or bluish gray. 



The following color description was taken from a 

 fresh male shot at Yuma, Arizona, October 1, 1894: 

 The head is creamy, tinged on the sides with vinaceous 

 and on the supraocular regions with black; below, white 

 with indistinct gray markings. The back is cream with 

 numerous transverse gray bars and more or less broken 

 longitudinal lines of dull Chinese orange. These lines 

 become spots on the sides. The tail is half-ringed with 

 more or less connected spots of the same orange color. 

 The belly is white with a large patch of reddish orange 

 on each side. 



Length to auus 47 73 94 105 126 133 



Length of tail 91 151 172 190 232 255 



Suout to orbit 4 5 6 7 8 9 



Suouttoear 10 15 18 19 21 23 



Orbit to ear 3 4 5 6 6 7 



Fore limb 20 29 38 40 43 54 



Hind limb 37 55 68 77 81 95 



Base of fifth to end of fourth toe.. 17 24 29 32 34 39 



Distribution. — In California, the Crested Lizard ranges 

 over the lower levels of the Colorado and Mojave Des- 



