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Distribution. Belding's Orange-throated Lizard has 

 been found in California only in the western parts of San 

 Diego (San Diego, Mexican border between Campo and the 

 coast, Oak Grove, Dulzura, Escondido, Poway Corners) 

 and Riverside (between Oceanside and San Jacinto, San 

 Jacinto, Morino, Riverside, Temescal Mts., Reche Canyon 

 near Colton), counties, but ranges for some distance down 

 the peninsula of Lower California where it has been taken 

 at Ensenada, San Telmo and Cerros Island, and others re- 

 corded from San Ignacio, Santa Rosalia and Magdalena 

 Island may belong here or with V. h. schmidti. The ranges 

 of these two subspecies are not yet clearly defined or the 

 area of intergraduation known. 



Variation. The supraoculars are 4-4 in 17, 4-3 in six, 

 and 3-3 in one specimen. (See also remarks under V. h. 

 hyperythra. The middorsal region usually shows two 

 lines, sometimes one, never three. When there is a single 

 dorsal line its anterior fork is always long not less than 14 

 millimeters in any specimen. 



Remarks. This subspecies resembles V. hyperythra hy- 

 <perythra y like which it has four supraoculars, scales of collar 

 largest at edge, and orange coloration below. V. h. 

 has either two or (usually) three dorsal lines. 



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