216 3. IGUANID& 



"I saw a female of this species swallow a large-winged 

 insect it had picked up from the sand. The stomach of a 

 male contained chewed plant stems and what appeared to be 

 the broken shells of insect eggs. An elongate, white, tick- 

 like parasite was seen affixed head downwards in the axilla of 

 a long-tailed swift." 



41. Uta nigricauda COPE 



SAN LUCAS UTA 



Uta ornata BAIRD, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, p. 299; YARROW, 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 56 (part); BELDING, West 

 American Scientist, Vol. Ill, No. 24, 1887, p. 98. 



Uta nigricauda COPE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, p. 176 (type 

 locality, Cape St. Lucas, Lower California) ; COPE, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila, 1866, p. 312; COPE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 No. 1, 1875, pp. 48, 93; YARROW, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 

 1883, p. 55; CARMAN, Bull. Essex Inst., Vol. XVI, No. 1, 1884, 

 p. 16; BOULENGER, Cat. Lizards Brit. Mus., Vol. II, 1885, p. 212; 

 COPE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 32, p. 35; BELDING, West Amer- 

 ican Scientist, Vol. Ill, No. 24, 1887, p. 98; VAN DENBURGH, Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. 5, 1895, p. 106; COPE, Report U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. for 1898, 1900, p. 322, fig. 44; VAN DENBURGH, Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 3, Zool., Vol. 4, No. 1, 1905, pp. 3, 25; DIT- 

 MARS, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 125; VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN, Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. 4, 1914, pp. 132, 145; STEJNEGER & 

 BARBOUR, Check List. N. Amer. Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 51; VAN 

 DENBURGH & SLEVIN, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, Vol. XI, 1921, 

 p. 51, 58; NELSON, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. XVI, 1921, pp. 114, 

 115; TERRON, Mem. y Rev. Soc. Cient. Antonio Alzate, Vol. 39, 

 1921, p. 164; SCHMIDT, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 22, 1921, 

 pp. 5, 6. 



Uta schotti YARROW, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 55 (part). 



? Uta gratiosa MOCQUARD, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Ser. 4, Vol. 1, 

 1899, p. 307. 



Description. Body and tail not very slender, former as 

 well as head slightly depressed. Snout rounded but rather 

 narrow, with nostrils opening in small round plates, much 



