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123. Verticaria hyperythra beldingi (Stejneger) 



Belding's Orange-throat 



Plate 55 



Verticaria hyperythra Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, p. 32; 

 Cope, Report U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, p. 563, fig. 102 (part). 



Verticaria beldingi Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XVII, 1894, 

 p. 17 (type locality, Cerros Island, Lower California, Mexico). 



Verticaria hyperythra beldingi Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1895, p. 131; Van Denburgh, Occas. Papers, Cal. 

 Acad. Sci., V, 1897, p. 140, fig.; Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. Acad. 

 Sci., Ser. 3, Zool., Vol. 4, No. i, 1905, pp. 3, 23, 25; Van Denburgh, 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1912, pp. 150, 152; Atsatt, 

 Univ. Cal. Publ. Zool., Vol. 12, No. 3, 1913, p. 40; Van Denburgh 

 & Slevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 4, 1914, pp. 133, 144, 

 145; Stejneger & Barbour, Check List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., 

 1917, p. 65; Van Denburgh & Slevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 Ser. 4, Vol. XI, 1921, pp. 52, 64; Nelson, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., 

 Vol. XVI, 1921, p. 1 14. 



Cnemidophorus hyperythra beldingi McLain, Critical Notes, 1899, P- 

 10; Grinnell & Camp, Univ. Cal. Publ. Zool., Vol. 17, No. 10, 

 1917, p. 175; Stephens, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. 

 Ill, No. 4, 1921, p. 63. 



Cnemidophorus hyperythrus Mocquard, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., 

 Ser. 4, Vol. I, 1899, p. 314; Gadow, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1906, p. 307 (part). 



Verticaria sericea Meek., Field Columbian Museum, Zool. Ser., Vol. 

 VII, No. I, 1906, p. 14 (part?). 



Description. — Nostrils opening in large anterior nasal 

 plates which meet on top of snout. Posterior nasal forming 

 sutures with anterior nasal, first, second, and sometimes third 

 labials, loreal, prefrontal, and frontonasal plates. Loreal 

 in contact with third, fourth, and (usually) second labials, 

 first subocular, preocular, first superciliary, (often) first su- 

 praocular, prefrontal, and posterior nasal plates; sometimes 

 divided into a larger anterior and a smaller posterior portion. 

 Three or four supraoculars; first in contact with superciliary, 

 prefrontal and frontal plates; others separated from super- 



