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head-and-body length ; origin of dorsal fin at about midpoint of head- 
and-body length; end of snout blunt, anterior part of body bluntly 
tapered, posterior end squarish, not rounded; external nares and 
orbits well up on dorsal surface; body depressed, broader than high. 
General coloration dark brown or blackish, not mottled; ventral sur- 
face with bluish (rarely reddish) iridescence; caudal fins transparent. 
Mouth region small, papillated part scarcely as wide as inter- 
orbital space ; larval teeth in % rows ; first row complete across entire 
width of mouth region; second, reduced to short lateral row on each 
side of lower jaw; third row like second, still shorter; fourth like 
second, each half slightly longer than in second ; fifth extending across 
mouth region, narrowly interrupted medially ; sixth a single short 
central row about as long as lower jaw (text fig. EE). 
The following is a list of the specimens of Scaphiopus hammondii 
from California contained in the collection of the Museum of Verte- 
brate Zoology. 
M.V. Z. 
No. 
Locality 
Date 
Sex 
Head- 
and-body 
length in 
milli- 
meters 
Remarks 
6048 
Salmon Ranch, Mono Lake, Mono 
Co. ... 
June 20, 1916 
30.0 
5607 
sw. side Mono Lake, Mono Co 
July 22, 1915 
34.5 
2589 
Lane Bridge, 10 mi. n. Fresno, 
Fresno Co 
Apr. 6, 1911 
35.0 
2590 
Lane Bridge, 10 mi. n. Fresno, 
Fresno Co 
Apr. 8, 1911 
45.0 
3729 
Benton, Mono Co. 
July 7, 1912 
45.6 
8634 
Convict Creek, Long Valley, Mono 
Co 
July 11, 1922 
c? 
46.0 
Nuptial excrescences de- 
veloped 
6743 
1 mi. n. Earlimart, Tulare Co 
May 17, 1918 
9 
46.4 
Small residue of eggs in 
ovary 
9123 
Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co 
Apr. 10, 1923 
& 
47.7 
No nuptial excrescences 
614 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
Mar. 28, 1909 
$ 
51.0 
Ovary full of eggs 
4335 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
Jan. — , 1910 
9 
51.0 
Ovary full of eggs 
6046 
Farrington Ranch, Mono Lake, 
Mono Co 
May 5, 1916 
9 
51.5 
Ovary full of eggs; ovi- 
duct swollen 
6744 
Tipton, Tulare Co 
May 24, 1918 
9 
51.5 
Ovary full of eggs 
615 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
Mar. 22, 1909 
9 
51.7 
Ovary full of eggs 
4334 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
July 4, 1909 
<? 
52.0 
Nuptial excrescences de- 
veloped 
4373 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
May 17, 1912 
& 
52.2 
Nuptial excrescences de- 
veloped 
4369 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
May 31, 1908 
9 
53.5 
Spawned out 
6047 
Farrington Ranch, Mono Lake, 
Mono Co 
May 8, 1916 
9 
53.0 
Ovary full of eggs; ovi- 
duct swollen 
6049 
Salmon Ranch, Mono Lake, Mono 
Co 
June 20, 1916 
9 
54.5 
Ovary full of eggs 
1199 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
July 4, 1909 
cT 
54.8 
Nuptial excrescences de- 
veloped 
4372 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
Mar. 8, 1911 
9 
57.8 
Ovary full of eggs 
616 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
Mar. 22, 1909 
9 
59.6 
Ovary full of eggs 
4370 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
June 8, 1908 
9 
60.0 
Spawned out 
4371 
Sierra Madre, Los Angeles Co 
Jan. 10, 
9 
60.0 
Ovary full of eggs 
