12. SCELOPORUS 355 



Riverside (Riverside, Temescal, Temescal Mountains, Ferris 

 Valley, Gavillan, Hemet Valley, Hemet Lake at 4400 feet, 

 San Jacinto, San Jacinto Mountains near Fuller's Mill at 

 5900 feet, Strawberry Valley, Idyllwild, Murray Canyon, 

 Poppet Flat at 4100 feet, Schain's Ranch at 4800 to 5100 

 feet. Lamb Canyon at 2500 feet. Keen Camp, Kenworthy 

 at 4500 feet, Snow Creek at 1500 to 2000 feet, Reche Can- 

 yon, Beaumont, Banning at 2200 feet, Cabazon at 1700 to 

 2000 feet. White Water, Palm Springs, Andreas Canyon, 

 Dos Palmos Spring at 3000 to 3500 feet, Carrizo Creek in 

 the Santa Rosa Mountains)} and San Diego (Milquatay 

 Valley, Coahuilla Valley, Ciogston's Valley, Witch Creek, 

 Oak Grove, Escondido, Pine Mountain, Dulzura, Chihua- 

 hua Mountains, Jacumba Hot Springs, Campo, Mountain 

 Spring), counties. 



In Lower California, it has been secured, in the northern 

 half of the peninsula, in Nochoguero Valley near the United 

 States boundary, between Ensenada and San Rafael Valley, 

 at Wasson's Ranch in San Rafael Valley about 68 miles 

 southeast from Ensenada, the foothills of the San Pedro 

 Martir Mountains, San Salado Canyon, Las Encinas, Trini- 

 dad, Agua de las Fresas, Canon Esperanza, San Antonio, 

 Parral, Matomi, Rosarito, Santa Rosalia, San Xavier, Ange- 

 les Bay and San Nicolas Bay. It occurs also on Tortuga, 

 San Marcos, Ildefonso, Coronado, Carmen, and San Fran- 

 cisco islands, in the Gulf of California. 



Habits. — This lizard of the rocks is common near San 

 Jacinto, but is very timid, rarely permitting the collector to 

 approach near enough to use fine shot with deadly effect. 

 In the cool of the morning and late in the afternoon it may 

 be seen upon the highest point of some rounded boulder, 

 but during the warmer hours it avoids the direct rays of the 

 sun, and must be sought on the shady sides of the granite, 



