1853.] 301 
SAURIANS. 
1. Crotapuytus porsauis, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad. vi., 
1852, 126. : 
From the desert of Colorado. 
2. ScELOPORUS occiDENTALIS, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. vi., 
1852, 175. 
From San Francisco. 
3. Ura Sransguriana, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad., vi., 1852, 
69, and Stansbury’s Expl. of Valley of Great Salt Lake, 1852, 345, pl. 5, 
fig. 4—6. 
4. Uta ornata, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad., vi., 1852, 126. 
From San Diego and San Francisco. 
5. Purynosoma coronatum, Blainv.—Girard in Stansbury’s Expl. of Valley 
of Great Salt Lake, 1852, Append. C. 360, pl. 8, fig. 7—12. 
From San Diego. 
6. CnemipopHorus cGRacitis, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad., vi., 
1852, 128. 
From the Desert of Colorado. 
7. ELGARIa scrncicaupa, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad., vi., 1852, 
69; and in Stansbury’s Expl. Valley of Great Salt Lake, 1852, 348, pl. 4, figs. 
1—3. 
From California. 
8. Piestiopon Sxitronranum, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad., vi., 
1852, 69; and in Stansbury’s Expl. of Valley of Great Salt Lake, 1852, 349, 
pl. 4, figs. 4—6. 
From San Diego. 
9. ANNIELLA pULCHRA, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. No. 60, 1852, 440. 
San Diego. 
BATRACHIANS. 
1. Buro watopHiua, B. and G.—Above dark brown, beneath reddish brown, 
minutely blotched with black. A narrow pale ventral line from snout to 
coccyx. A broad patch of dull reddish extending a little obliquely from the 
eye to the edge of the mouth, narrowing below. 
Ha}. Benicia. Frequenting the edges of the sea, and jumping into the water 
when pursued.* 
2. Hyua recitua, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad., vi. 1852, 174. 
Syn. Hyla scapularis, Hallow., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Philad. vi., 1852, 183. 
Hab. San Francisa or San Francisco. 
3. Lirorta occipenTaLis, B. and G.—Throat smooth. Abdomen, sides of 
body and lower surface of thighs granulated. Tympanum very small. Fingers 
almost or entirely free; toes slightly webbed at the base; extremities of both 
not dilated. Color above pale chestnut, with obscure or obsolete blotches of 
darker. Beneath white. A few cross bands on the outside of the legs. A 
dark chestnut line beginning at the nostril, passes back through the eye, behind 
which it widens so as to include the tympanum, stopping just above the insertion 
of the arm. One or two oblique blotches of dark chestnut on each side. 
Body 1 {-16th inches long; hind leg extended 14 inch. 
Hab. San Francisco. 
4. Rana Leconti, B. and G.—Snout moderately pointed. Tympanum very 
small, scarcely more than half the width of the eye. Skin quite smooth. A 
*Compare the habits of Leiuperus salarius Bell, Voy. of Beagle, Zool. Rept. 
39, (Lec.) 
