UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



IN 



ZOOLOGY 



Vol. 12, No. 12, pp. 327-334 April 2, 1915 



BATRACHOSEPS MAJOR AND BUFO COGNATUS 



CALIFORNICUS, NEW AMPHIBIA FROM 



SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 



BY 



CHARLES LEWIS CAMP 



(Contribution from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California) 



During the author's examination of the amphibia from southern 

 California contained in the collection of the Museum of Vertebrate 

 Zoology, two forms have been distinguished which seem to deserve 

 recognition under new names. 



The occurrence of Bufo cognatus almost to the Pacific seaboard 

 in California is of considerable interest, the previous westernmost 

 published record being from the Colorado River. The detection of 

 a new species of Batrachoseps in southern California is not to be 

 wondered at, considering the obscurity of the descriptions in the 

 literature relating to this genus. This new salamander is fairly 

 common in the western part of the San Gabriel Valley, especially in 

 the district immediately surrounding Pasadena. 



Batrachoseps major, uew species 

 (iardcii Salamander 



Type.— Adult ; no. 611, Mus. Vert. Zool.; Sierra Madre, 1000 feel 

 altitude. Los Angeles County. California; .March 14, 1009; collected 

 by C. L. Camp; orig. no. 218. 



Diagnosis. — A large, pale, long-limbed Batrachoseps with light 

 yellow underparts. Costal folds 18. rarely 17 or 19. 



Material. — Twenty-nine specimens from Pasadena and Sierra 

 Madre, California; twelve from the latter and seventeen from the 

 former locality; nos. fill, 954-956, 4566-4586, Mus. Vert. Zool. 



