154 University of California Publications in Zoology  [Vou.17 
1858 [1859], p. 253 (type no. 4172, U. S. Nat. Mus., from Fort Yuma, 
California). 
Common Names.—Alderman Lizard; Fat Toad Lizard; Fat Lizard. 
Rance.—Desert mountains of southeastern California. Occurs 
north to Willow Creek, 4500 feet altitude, Panamint Mountains, Inyo 
County (Stejneger, N. Amer. Fauna, 7, 1893, p. 175) ; west to Shep- 
herd Canon, Argus Range, Inyo County (Stejneger, loc. cit.) ; to 
Barstow and Victorville, San Bernardino County (Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; 
to Snow Creek, San Jacinto Mountains, and Dos Palmos Spring, Santa 
Rosa Mountains, in Riverside County (Atsatt, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 
12, 1913, p. 34); and to Coyote Well, Imperial County (Cope, Ann. 
Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 [1900], p. 268), and east slope of ‘‘ Julian 
Mountains’’ [== Cuyamaca Mountains?], in eastern San Diego County 
(Van Denburgh, Oce. Papers Calif. Acad. Sei., 5, 1897, p. 62). Re- 
strieted to the Lower Sonoran life-zone, where it occurs only in rocky 
situations. 
Uta mearnsi Stejneger 
Mearns Lizard 
OriegInaL Description.—Uta mearnsi Stejneger, Proe. U. 8. Nat. 
Mus., 17, November, 1894, pp. 589-591. 
Type Locauiry.—Summit of Coast Range, United States and 
Mexican boundary line, California. 
Common Name.—Mearns Swift. 
Rance.—Desert slopes of San Jacinto, Santa Rosa and Coast 
ranges, In Riverside and San Diego counties. Has been taken north- 
east to Banning, Cabezon, Snow Creek and Palm Canon, in Riverside 
County (Atsatt, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 12, 1913, pp. 34-35), west 
to La Puerta, San Diego County (Mus. Vert. Zool.), and south to the 
type locality, as above given. Altitudes of occurrence extend from 
800 to 3500 feet. Oceurs in the Lower Sonoran life-zone, extending 
loeally into Upper Sonoran. Lives on boulders and faces of cliffs. 
Uta stansburiana stansburiana Baird and Girard 
Northern Brown-shouldered Lizard 
OrIGINnAL DescripTion.—Uta Stansburiana Baird and Girard, Proe. 
Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 6, 1852, p. 69. 
Type Locaniry.—Valley of Great Salt Lake, Utah. 
Ranee.—Enters California from Nevada in the Inyo region. 
