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33. Sceloporus consobrinus consobrinus Baird and Girard 



Fence Lizard 

 Sceloporus consobrinus Baird and Girard, Marcy's Expl. 

 Red River, 1853, Reptiles, p. 237, Zool., pi. 10. 



Cope recorded specimens of this species from San Antonio 

 under the names Sceloporus consobrinus Baird and Girard and 

 Sceloporus thayerii Baird and Girard. It is common in many 

 parts of Bexar County. A large series from the Helotes neigh- 

 borhood was in M;arnock's collection, Garni obtained it near St. 

 Louis College, and I found it common on rocks 14 miles from 

 San Antonio on the Leon Springs road. 



34. Sceloporus spinosus floridanus (Baird) Tree Lizard 



Sceloporous floridanus Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1858, p. 254. 



"Very common, especially in woodpiles of cut mesquite. 

 Also in mesquite "woods"; such trees as have a hole at the base 

 either into the ground or hollow part of root or tree, are greatly 

 patronized by these lizards. Many people around here con- 

 sider them poisonous ; some were even under the impression that 

 the lizards could harm you with the points of its scales". 

 (Garni, mss.). 



Many specimens from San Antonio and Helotes are in 

 various museum collections. These were collected by Dr. Wood- 

 house, Lieut. Whipple, C. W. Schuermann, Julius Hurter, G. 

 W. Marnock and several others whose names I do not now re- 

 call. Probably every collector of herpetological specimens who 

 has visited the region about San Antonio has collected a series 

 of these lizards. 



35« Sceloporus torquatus poinsettii (Baird and Girard) 



Poinsett's Lizard 

 Sceloporus poinsettii Baird and Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Vol. 6, 1852, p. 126. 



Mr. Marnock obtained specimens of this species near He- 

 lotes. One specimen from the vicinity of San Antonio is in the 

 Scientific Society collection. 



36. Sceloporus variabilis Wiegmann Variable Lizard 



Sceloporus variabilis Wiegmann, Herp. Mexico, 1834, 



P- 'Si- 

 Mr. Garni sent me an interesting series of these lizards 

 which he collected on the grounds of St. Louis College. Ac- 

 companying them were the following notes: "Found in common 

 with the Sceloporus floridanus but in greater numbers. Every 



