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on back obscure, most so in males. Females with four series 

 of small light spots down back. 



"Underparts, in the male, blue throughout; belly-patches 

 not separated by a lighter or darker mid-ventral line; throat 

 evenly colored, light blue to snout and lips, and lighter in 

 tint than general ventral color; blue of belly not separated 

 from throat patch by a lighter or darker area across gular 

 region (young specimens excepted). Female more richly 

 colored below than in bi-seriatus; lighter than male; belly- 

 patches separated by a faintly lighter area; chest lighter 

 than belly; one extensive throat patch as in male; blue not 

 always extending to beneath hind limb." 



Length to 3nus 84 86 86 86 86 94 



Length of tail_ 116 129 131 128 



Snout to orbit b^/z 6J4 6^2 7 6 6 



Snout to ear 17 17 17 17^ 18 18 



Snout to back of 



interparietal 15 16 16 16 16 16 



Width of head 15 15 15 16 17 18 



Fore limb 34 36 38 39 36 37 



Hind limb 52 58 58 60 56 59 



Base of fifth to end of 



fourth toe 20 21 22 22 20 21 



Remarks. — In size, this subspecies equals the largest speci- 

 mens of S. o. biseriatus. The dorsal scales seem more num- 

 erous than in that subspecies. Mr. Camp states: "A number 

 of individuals at hand in a large series of S. o. bi-seriatus 

 from the southern Sierras in Kern and Tulare counties and 

 farther north are, of all our specimens, the closest in size 

 and ventral coloration to taylori; they are, however, of 

 greenish and more dusky shades of blue beneath than the 

 new form, and their status must be held questionable pend- 

 ing the acquisition of material from the headwaters of the 

 Kings and San Joaquin rivers. A male specimen, one of 



