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tened at base, with large plates below, and covered above 

 with imbricate scales of various sizes, of which the larger 

 tend to form indistinct whorls. No femoral or preanal pores. 

 The color above is pale gray, yellowish white, or pale 

 brown, irregularly spotted, blotched, cross-barred or banded 

 above with dark brown or slate. A longitudinal brown line 

 often present behind the eye, sometimes with a second similar 

 line on the upper temporal region. One or two similar lines 

 sometimes may be seen running forward from the orbit to 

 the snout. The lower surfaces are yellowish or brownish 

 white, unmarked. 



Length to anus._ 42 49 52 53 55 65 



Length to tail . 47 



Snout to ear 11 13 13 14 14 17 



Snout to orbit. 5% 6J4 6 6 6 8 



Diameter of orbit. 3 3^2 3 3^2 4 4 



Width of head 8 9 l / 2 1 1 11 11 13 



Fore limb 14 15 19 18 18 23 



Hind limb 18 20^ 24 22 24 30 



Base of fifth to end of fourth toe 5 5 6^2 6 6 8 



Distribution. — This gecko ranges from Ecuador to Cali- 

 fornia. The only California record is of one specimen 

 recently captured by Mr. Frank Stephens on Coyote or Car- 

 rizo Mountain in Imperial County. 



It has long been known from Lower California, where 

 it has been found at Cape San Lucas, San Bartolo and La Paz 

 in the Cape Region, and at San Nicolas Bay, Loreto, Puerto 

 Escondido, Santa Rosalia, and Aqua Verde Bay, farther north 

 on the peninsula. It has been taken also on Santa Margarita 

 Island on the west coast, and on San Francisco, San Jose, San 

 Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Catalina, Monserrate, Danzante, 

 Carmen, Coronado, Ildefonso, South San Lorenzo, Sal Si 

 Puedes, Isla Raza, Angel de la Guardia, San Esteban, and 

 San Pedro Nolasco islands, in the Gulf of California. 



