24. LICHANURA 631 
SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES 
a.—Gastrosteges more numerous, about 220 to 243; longi- 
tudinal bands, when present, not dark chocolate or 
blackish brown and not in strong contrast with the 
ground color. 
L. roseofusca.—p. 631, 
a’..—Gastrosteges fewer than 220; light with dark brown 
longitudinal bands in strong contrast. 
L. trivirgata.—p. 636. 
137. Lichanura roseofusca Cope 
CaLiFoRNIA Boa 
Plate 58 
Lichanura roseofusca Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, p. 2 (type 
locality, northern Lower California); Corr, Bull. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., No. 1, 1875, p- 43; Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 32, 
1887, p. 65; SreyNEGER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XIV, 1891, 
p- 514; Copg, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XIV, 1892, p. 591; VAN 
Densurcu, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1895, p. 138; 
Van Densurcu, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1896, p. 
1006; Van Densurcu, Occas. Papers Cal. Acad. Sci., V, 1897, 
p- 152, fig.; Cope, Report U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, p. 724, 
fig. 146; Brown, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1901, p. 14; GRIN- 
NELL & GrinnELL, Throop Inst. Bulletin, No. XXXV, 1907, p. 
37, fig. 13; Dirmars, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 211; Van DENnBuRGH, 
Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1912, 151; Arsatr, Univ. Cal. 
Publ. Zool., Vol. 12, No. 3, 1913, p. 41; VAN Densurcu & SLevIN, 
Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1913, p. 410; RuTHLING, Copeia, 
No. 15, 1915; GRINNELL & Camp, Univ. Cal. Publ. Zool., Vol. 17, 
No. 10, 1917, p. 177; STEJNEGER & Barsour, Check List N. Amer. 
Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 73; Cowxes, Journ. Entomol. & Zool., 
Pomona College, Vol. XII, No. 3, 1920, p. 66; STEPHENS, Trans. 
San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. III, No. 4, 1921, p. 63; Wricut, 
Copeia, 1921, No. 95, p. 35; Van Densurcu & Stevin, Proc. 
Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. XI, 1921, p. 52; Netson, Mem. Nat. 
Acad. Sci., Vol. XVI, 1921, pp. 114, 130. 
Lichanura myriolepis Cop, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, p. 2 
(type locality, northern Lower California); Core, Bull. U. S. 
