﻿10. UTA 225 



white on feet, distal part of tail, and sometimes on middle 

 of chest and belly. 



Length to anus 36 



Length of tail 61 



Snout to ear 9/ 



Shielded part of head 9 



Width of head 8 



Fore limb . 16 



Hind limb 29 



Base of fifth to end of 



fourth toe 11 11/ 15 15 13/ 15 



Remarks. — This species is a member of the U. stans- 

 huriana group but is easily distinguished by the small size 

 of its dorsal scales and the absence of markings. 



Distribution. — San Pedro Nolasco Island, Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia, Mexico. 



45. Uta stellata Van Denburgh 

 San Benito Island Uta 



Uta stellata Van Denburgh, Proc. Cal. Acad Sci., Ser. 3, Zool., Vol. 4, 

 1905, p. 21, pi. VIII (type locality.San Benito Island, Lower 

 California) ; Van Denburgh & Slevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 Ser. 4, Vol. 4, 1914, pp. 132, 143; Stejneger & Barbour, Check 

 List N. Amer. Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 52; Nelson, Mem. Nat. Acad. 

 Sci., Vol. XVI, 1921, p. 114; Schmidt, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 

 22, 1921, p. 5. 



Description. — Body and head considerably depressed} 

 snout low, rounded and rather long; nostrils large, opening 

 upward and outward nearer to the end of snout than to orbit. 

 Head-plates large, smooth, nearly flat, interparietal largest; 

 frontal divided transversely; four or five enlarged supra- 

 oculars, separated from the frontals and frontoparietals by 

 one or two series of granules. Superciliaries long, narrow 



