UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 
IN 
ZOOLOGY 
Vol. 17, No. 10, pp. 127-208, 14 figures in text July 11, 1917 
A DISTRIBUTIONAL LIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS 
AND REPTILES OF CALIFORNIA 
BY 
JOSEPH GRINNELL anp CHARLES LEWIS CAMP 
(Contribution from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California) 
The present paper deals with the systematic status and geographic 
distribution of the amphibians and reptiles known to oeceur within the 
present boundaries of the state of California. By including data 
bearing on geographic distribution, and by placing the emphasis on 
this rather than on the systematie phase of the subject, we hope to 
forestall the criticism which is sometimes directed at a purely nominal 
list. Restriction of the area treated to the limits of California has 
made possible eritical study of most of the species included. We 
believe that such a summary as is here presented is worth while at 
the present time, in that it will accelerate inquiry in this field and 
serve to direct the attention of workers towards the more conspicuous 
gaps in our common knowledge. 
The past two decades have witnessed the accumulation of much 
information of the sort herewith presented. Many collections have 
been made and a considerable amount of literature has appeared in 
widely scattered places. Study of the large collection of newly gath- 
ered specimens (6160) with full data now contained in the Museum 
of Vertebrate Zoology and a critical review of the literature to date 
form the basis of the present contribution. 
The writers have followed Stejneger (Herpetology of Japan and 
Adjacent Territory’) for the systematic arrangement used, and also 
for most of the names of groups higher than genera. Where there 
1U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 58, 1907, pp. xx + 577, 35 pls., 409 figs. in text. 
