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1917] Grinnell-Camp: Amphibians and Reptiles of California 1 
Synonyms.—[?] Ophisaurus ventralis; Glauconia humilis; Steno- 
stoma humile; Siagonodon humilis. 
Common Names.—California Rena; California Blind Snake; Glass 
Snake ; Sheep-nosed Snake. 
Ranee.—The three definite records are from southeastern Cali- 
fornia: six miles from Bennett Wells, in Death Valley, Inyo County 
(Stejneger, N. Amer. Fauna, 7, 1893, p. 203); San Bernardino, San 
Bernardino County (Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., 3, 1896, 
p. 591); and the type locality, in extreme eastern San Diego County, 
as above. These localities lie within the Lower Sonoran life-zone. 
Family BOIDAE 
Subfamily Bomar 
Lichanura roseofusca Cope 
California Boa 
ORIGINAL Descriprion.—Lichanura roseofusca Cope, Proce. Acad. 
Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, p. 2. 
Type Locauiry.—Northern Lower California, Mexico. 
Synonyms.—Lichanura orcutti Stejneger, Proce. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
12, 1889, pp. 96-97, fig. 1 (type from Colorado Desert, San Diego 
County); Lichanura simplex Stejneger, loc. cit., pp. 97-99, fig. 2 
(type from San Diego) ; Lichanura myriolepis; Lichanura trivirgata. 
Common Names.—Rubber Snake, part; Rubber Boa, part; Rosy 
Boa. 
Rance.—Limited to a small area in the southern part of the state. 
Recorded northwest to Arroyo Seco (Camp, MS) and Mount Wilson 
(Van Denburgh, Oce. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., 5, 1897, p. 154) near 
Pasadena, Los Angeles County; east to Cabezon and Palm Canon, 
Riverside County (Atsatt, Univ. Calf. Publ. Zool., 12, 1913, p. 41), 
and to Dulzura (Mus. Vert. Zool.) and ‘‘ Colorado Desert’’ (as above), 
San Diego County. There is a specimen in the U.S. National Museum 
(no. 44317) from the Providence Mountains, northeastern San Ber- 
nardino County. Occurs within the Lower and Upper Sonoran life- 
zones. Lives on shaded hillsides in dense chaparral. (See fig. 11.) 
Charina bottae (Blainville) 
Rubber Snake 
OrteInAL Description.—Tortrix Bottae Blainville, Nouv. Ann. 
Mus. Hist. Nat., 4, 1835, pp. [57-58] 289-290, pl. 26, figs. 1, la, 1b. 
