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Family BUFONID/E. 
4. CALIFORNIA TOAD. Bufo borealis halophilus. 
Generally distributed throughout the County except in the 
Desert. 
5. SPOTTED TOAD. Bufo punctatus. 
Found around springs and in damp places along the edge of 
the Colorado Desert and on the eastern slope of the mountains. 
Family HYLIDAE, 
6. PACIFIC TREE FROG. Hyla regilla. 
Common from the sea to the eastern slope of the mountains. 
Usually found on the ground. Variable and changeable in colors. 
7. ARIZONA TREE FROG. Hyla arenicolor. 
Common about springs and damp places on the summits and 
eastern slope of the mountains. Unlike the eastern tree frogs 
the Californian species do not inhabit trees to any great extent. 
Family RANID/AE, 
8 CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG. Rana aurora 
draytoni. 
Common on the western slope of the mountains and west to 
the sea. 
The Yellow-legged Frog, Rana boylii, is found in the San 
Jacinto Mountains, but has not been reported from this County. 
Class Reptilia 
Order SQUAMATA. 
Suborder SAURIA. Lizards. 
Lizards are cold-blooded quadripedal vertebrates that breathe 
air by means of lungs from birth. Limbs are absent in a few 
degenerate species. Lizards may be terrestrial, subterranean or 
arboreal; diurnal, crepuscular or nocturnal in habit. Some 
species are insectivorous or carnivorous; other are vegetarian; 
the greater number include both animal and vegetable food in 
their diet. Many species are oviparous; a few are viviparous. 
Lizards are most abundant in warm climates. 
Family EUBLEPHARID. 
9. BANDED GECKO. Coleonyx variegatus. 
Found occasionally on the eastern slope of the mountains. 
Spend the day in crevices of rocks or underground. Nocturnal 
and insectivorous. Harmless. The scales on the upper surface 
of the body are smaller than in other families of lizards. 
In November, 1920, I captured a specimen of the Warty 
Gecko, Phyllodactylus tuberculosus, on Coyote Mountain, west- 
