24. LICHANURA 631 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES 



a. Gastrosteges more numerous, about 220 to 24-3; longi- 

 tudinal bands, when present, not dark chocolate or 

 blackish brown and not in strong contrast with the 

 ground color. 



L. roseofusca. p. 431. 



a". Gastrosteges fewer than 220} light with dark brown 

 longitudinal bands in strong contrast. 



L. trivirgata. p. 636. 



137. Lichanura roseofusca Cope 



CALIFORNIA BOA 



Plate 58 



Lichanura roseofusca COPE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, p. 1 (type 

 locality, northern Lower California); COPE, Bull. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., No. I, 1875, p. 43; COPE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 32, 

 1887, p. 65; STEJNEGER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XIV, 1891, 

 p. 514; COPE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XIV, 1892, p. 591; VAN 

 DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1895, p. 138; 

 VAN DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1896, p. 

 1006; VAN DENBURGH, Occas. Papers Cal. Acad. Sci., V, 1897, 

 p. 152, fig.; COPE, Report U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1898, 190x3, p. 724, 

 fig. 146; BROWN, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1901, p. 14; GRIN- 

 NELL & GRINNELL, Throop Inst. Bulletin, No. XXXV, 1907, p. 

 37, fig. 13; DITMARS, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 211; VAN DENBURGH, 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1912, 151; ATSATT, Univ. Cal. 

 Publ. Zool., Vol. 12, No. 3, 1913, p. 41; VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN, 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 3, 1913, p. 410; RUTHLING, Copeia, 

 No. 15, 1915; GRINNELL & CAMP, Univ. Cal. Publ. Zool., Vol. 17, 

 No. 10, 1917, p. 177; STEJNEGER & BARBOUR, Check List N. Amer. 

 Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 73; COWLES, Journ. Entomol. & Zool., 

 Pomona College, Vol. XII, No. 3, 1920, p. 66; STEPHENS, Trans. 

 San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. Ill, No. 4, 1921, p. 63; WRIGHT, 

 Copeia, 1921, No. 95, p. 35; VAN DENBURCH & SLEVIN, Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. XI, 1921, p. 52; NELSON, Mem. Nat. 

 Acad. Sci., Vol. XVI, 1921, pp. 114, 130. 



Lichanura myriolepis COPE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, p. 2 

 (type locality, northern Lower California); COPE, Bull. U. S. 



