10. UTA 225 



white on feet, distal part of tail, and sometimes on middle 

 of chest and belly. 



Length to anus _______ 36 36*/ 2 44 46 49 50 



Length of tail ___________ 61 80 81 



Snout to ear ____________ 9^ 9 11 11 11 \2 l / 2 



Shielded part of head 9 8^ 10 10j IV/2 12 



Width of head _________ 8 7 8^ 9 910 



Fore limb _____________ 16 16 20 22 20 22 



Hind limb ____________ 29 28J^ 35 36J^ 35 40 



Base of fifth to end of 



fourth toe ________ 11 11 y 2 15 15 13J^ 15 



Remarks. This species is a member of the U. stans- 

 buriana group but is easily distinguished by the small size 

 of its dorsal scales and the absence of markings. 



Distribution. San Pedro Nolasco Island, Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia, Mexico. 



45. Uta stellata Van Denburgh 

 SAN BENITO ISLAND UTA 



Uta stellata VAN DENBURGH, Proc. Cal. Acad Sci., Ser. 3, Zool., Vol. 4, 

 1905, p. 21, pi. VIII (type locality ,San Benito Island, Lower 

 California) ; VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 Ser. 4, Vol. 4, 1914, pp. 132, 143; STEJNEGER & BARBOUR, Check 

 List N. Amer. Amph. Kept., 1917, p. 52; NELSON, Mem. Nat. Acad. 

 Sci., Vol. XVI, 1921, p. 114; SCHMIDT, Amer. Mus. Novitates, No. 

 22, 1921, p. 5. 



Description. Body and head considerably depressed j 

 snout low, rounded and rather long; nostrils large, opening 

 upward and outward nearer to the end of snout than to orbit. 

 Head-plates large, smooth, nearly flat, interparietal largest; 

 frontal divided transversely; four or five enlarged supra- 

 oculars, separated from the frontals and frontoparietals by 

 one or two series of granules. Superciliaries long, narrow 



