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bees or grasshoppers in sufficient quantities, it thrives and 

 becomes quite tame. 



Miss Atsatt states: "In characteristics observed these 

 lizards were like the rest of the genus. They are fond of 

 shelter, such as thick ferns along the bottom of a gulch, in 

 a grapevine under a Cottonwood tree, in oak brush, under 

 a lilac bush, or in a rose tangle. Although usually slow of 

 movement when under no fear, after they are captured 

 they will fight, bitting a stick and even themselves. Occa- 

 sionally they climb into bushes in efforts to escape pursuit." 



94. Gerrhonotus kingii (Gray) 

 Sonoran Alligator Lizard 



Elgaria kingii Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist., Vol. I, 1838, p. 390 (type locality, 

 unknown); Gray, Catalogue Spec. Lizards Brit. Mus., 1845, P- 54- 



Gerrhonotus multifasciatus Dumeril & Bibron, Erpetol. Gener., Vol. V, 

 1839, p. 401; Dumeril, Cat. Meth. Coll. Rept. Mus. Paris, 1851, 



P- '43- 

 Elgaria nobilis Baird & Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 6, 



1852 p. 129 (type locality, Fort Webster, copper mines of the 



Gila (Santa Rita del Cobre) New Mexico). 

 Gerrhonotus nobilis Baird, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. II, 1859, Rept., 



p. 11, pi. 25, figs. 1-8; Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, 



p. 46; Yarrow, Surv. \V. 100th Merid., Vol. V, 1875, p. 558; Coues, 



Surv. W. 100th Merid., Vol. V, 1875, p. 602; Yarrow, Bull. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 47; Cope, Report, U. S. Nat. Mus. for 



1898, 1900, p. 519, fig. 92; Stejneger & Barbour, Check List N 



Amer. Amph. Rept., 1 917, p. 61. 

 Gerrhonotus kingii O'Shaughnessy, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, Vol. 



XII, 1873, P- 46; Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, 1877, p. 96; 



Bocourt, Miss. Sci. Mex., Rept., 1878, p. 339, pi. XXI C, figs. 2-2a; 



Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 32, 1887, p. 41; Boulenger, Cat. 



Lizards Brit. Mus., Vol. II, 1885, p. 274; Van Denburgh, Proc. 



Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 6, 1896, p. 342; Cope, Report U. S. Nat. 



Mus. for 1898, 1900, p. 509; Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 



26, 1902, p. 1 5 1 ; Ditmars, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 164, pi. LII, fig. 2; 



Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 191 1, p. 230; Van Denburgh & 



Slevin, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1913, p. 407. 



