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Type locality. — Mejia Island, Gulf of California, 

 Mexico. 



35. Uta clarionensis Townsend 

 Clarion Island Uta 



Uta clarionensis Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 13, 1890, 

 p. l+.i (type locality, Clarion Island); Stejnecer, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., Vol. 23, 1901, p. 715; Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. 

 Acad. ScL, Ser. 3, Zool., Vol. 4, No. 1, 1905, pp. 3, 27; Van Den- 

 burgh & Slevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 4, 1914, 

 pp. 132, 146; Stejnecer & Barbour, Check List N. Amer. Amph. 

 Rept., 1917, p. 50; Schmidt, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 22, 1921, 

 p. 6. 



Our only specimens of this lizard were destroyed in the 

 great San Francisco fire of April, 1906. I now know the 

 species only from the original description, which is as 

 follows: 



Description. — "Body with irregular dorsal and lateral 

 black marking; limbs with transverse black bars on outer sur- 

 faces. Four dorsal ridges, consisting of single, strongly 

 carinate scales, the middle pair separated by an irregular 

 series of smaller simple scales. There is a shorter pair of 

 dorso-lateral ridges of carinate scales, somewhat less regu- 

 lar. Tail more than twice the head and body; otherwise 

 similar in size and proportions to U. symmetrica. Colors 

 bluish, similar to U. auriculata from Socorro Island. Adult; 

 under parts much lighter blue than upper; young, dusky 

 above, whitish below." 



Distribution. — This lizard is known only from Clarion 

 Island, Revilla Gigedo Islands, Mexico, where it has been 

 collected by Townsend, Anthony and Beck. 



