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Length to anus 73 



Length of tail 119 



Snout to ear_ 17 



Snout to interparietal..- 14 



Width of head. _..- 10 



Fore limb 26 



Hind limb.~_ 53 



Base of fifth to end of 



fourth toe __ 25 28 26 27 29 30 



Distribution. — Stejneger's Whiptail Lizard inhabits 

 southern California west of the deserts as well as the north- 

 ern part of Lower California. At the eastern boundary of 

 its range it intergrades with C. t. tessellatus in San Diego, 

 Riverside and Los Angeles counties. 



In California, it has been taken in Ventura (Matilija), 

 Los Angeles (Arroyo Seco Canyon near Pasadena, Sierra 

 Madre, Lankershim, Cajon Wash, Claremont, Tujunga 

 River), San Bernardino (Upper Santa Ana Canyon at 5,500 

 feet, San Bernardino Mountains, Lytle Creek), Riverside 

 (San Jacinto, Hemet Valley, San Jacinto Mountains near 

 Cabazon, Banning, Snow Creek, Palm Springs, Andreas Can- 

 yon, Palm Canyon, Murray Canyon, Santa Rosa Mountains 

 near Carrizo Creek, Asbestos Springs, Dos Palmos Springs, 

 Hemet Lake, Reche Canyon), Orange (Laguna Beach), 

 and San Diego (Campo, Vallecito, La Puerta, Warner Pass, 

 Escondido), counties. 



In Lower California, it has been collected at Ensenada, 

 San Telmo, between San Rafael and Ensenada, foothills or 

 San Pedro Martir Mountain, between Comondu and San 

 Quentin, Trinidad, San Matias, San Felipe, Canon Esper- 

 anza, San Antonio, Parral, Matomi, Rosarito, and Agua 

 Escondido, San Francisquito Bay, and on South Coronado 

 Island. 



Habits. — Dr. & Mrs. Grinnell write concerning this liz- 



