List of reptiles collected in California by Dr. John L. Le Conte, with description of a new species

800 [February, The Committee on

the following

paper by

^Prof.

Baird and Mr.

Girard

_reported in favor of publication in the

Proceedings.

ListofReptiles^collectedhiCaliforniaby

Dr. JohnL. Le

_ContCjwithdescription of

new

_Species.

By

S.F.

Baird and Charles

Girard.

The

following species ofreptiles

were

collected

by

^Dr.

Le

Conte, during ^a scientificexploration of California

made

in 1850-51.

As

inhisprevious travels through various parts ofNorth America, Dr.

Le

_Conte,in additiontotheCo- leoptera

which

attractedhisespecial attention, collectedⁱⁿotherdepartmentsof Natural_History,

making

^additionsof greater or^lessextentinall.

The

_present enumeration, although containing^allthe speciesbrought

home by

^Dr.

Le

Conte,givesno idea of the

numbers

actually collected.

Owing

^to

thebreakingof several jarsandthe_difficultyof transportation,

many

^valuable

species

were

_{lost,especially}fromtheColoradoand

from

_{San Diego.}

The

Batrachiansfrom San Francisco

were

collectedin February, 1850^{; the} specimens from San^JoseinApril,andthosefrom San Diegoⁱⁿ

May

^to

Septem-

berof the

same

_year.

Bufo

halophila

was

found at Benicia in August,

and Rena

humilisatVallecitas inOctober.

The

Colorado specimens

were

_mostly collectedin

November,

1850,and October,^1851.*

OPHIDIANS.

1.

Crotalus

LUCIFER?? B.and G. Proc. Acad. Nat.

Sc,

Phila.,xi. 1852.

Hab. San Diego,^Cal.

Owing

^{to the} imperfect condition of thespecimen, (a dried skin,)^ithas beenimpossible to ^{state to}

what

_speciesthisbelongs.

We

have,however,provisionally referred ^{it to} the above,^{as the} one to

which

it

bearsthe closestresemblance.

2.

Eutainia

ordinoides, B.and G. Proc.

Acad.

Nat.

Sc,

Phila.,vi., 1852, 176,andCat.

N. Amer.

Kept.,I,1853.

From

San Francisco.

3. Bascanion vetustus, B. and G. Cat.

N. Amer.

_Rept.,I,1853.

From San

Jose.

4. PiTuopHis ANNECTENS, B. and G. ^Cat.

N. Amer.

_Rept.,I,1853.

San

Diego.

5.

Rhinocheilus

_Lecontei,

B

and G. Cat.

N. Amer.

_{Rept.,I,1853.}

San

_Diego.

6.

CoNTEA

_mitts,B.and G. Cat.

N. Amer.

_Rept.,I,1853.

From

SanJose.

7. DiADOPHis AMABiLis,^B.and G. Cat.

N. Amer.

_Rept.,I,1853.

From

SanJose.

8.

Rena

humilis, B. and G. ^Cat.

N. Amer.

_Rept.,I,1853.

From

Vallecitas, Cal.

*Itisproper^toremark,that besides the strong friendshipmanifestedtowards

me

and towards the objects of

my

journey,

by

^{alltheofficers}stationed at the military postsw^hichI visited,especial^facilities

were

affi^rded

by Major W. H.

Emory,

^{thenincharge ofthe}

American Boundary Commission, whose

^valuable explorationsⁱⁿthose desert regionshavealready contributed so

much

toscience, and

whose

labors,^I

am happy

tosay, are^still further illustrated

by

the collec- tions

made by

^{me. J.L. Lee.}

1853.] 301

SAURIANS.

1.

Crotaphytus

_dorsalis, B. and _G., Proc. Acad. Nat.

Sc,

^Philad. vi., 1S52, 126.

From

the desert ofColorado.

2. ScELOpoRus occiDENTALis, B. and G., Proc.Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. _vi., 1S52, 175.

From

SanFrancisco.

3.

Uta

Stansburiana, ^B.and_{G., Proc.}

Acad.

Nat.

Sc,

Philad.,vi., 1852, 69, and Stansbiiry^s Expl. ^of Valley ^ofGreat Salt Lake, 1852, 345, pi. 5, iig.

46.

4.

Uta

ornata, B. and G., Proc.

Acad.

Nat.

Sc,

Philad.,vi., 1852,^li26.

From

San Diego and

San

Francisco.

5.

Phrynosoma

CORONATU3I,^Blainv. Glrard inStansbury's Expl,^ofValley of GreatSaltLake, 1852,

Append.

^C.360,pi. 8,fig.

712.

From

_{San Diego.}

6.

Cnemidophorus

_gracilis, B.andG., Proc.Acad. Nat.

Sc,

Philad., vi., 1852, 128.

From

theDesertofColorado.

7.

Elgaria

scincicauda,B.and_G.,

Proc Acad.

Nat.

Sc,

Philad.,vi., 1852, 69_; andinStanshury^s Expl.Valley^of Great SaltLake, 1852, 348,pi.4, figs.

From

California.

8. Plestiodon Skiltonianum, B. and G.,Proc.Acad. Nat.

Sc,

Philad.,vi., 1852, 69; and in Stansbury's Expl. ^of Valley ^of Great SaltLake,1852,349, pi. 4,figs.4 6.

From

_{San Diego.}

9.

Anniella pulchra, Gray, Ann. and Mag.

^Nat.Hist.No.60, 1852, 440.

San Diego.

BATRACHIANS.

1.

BuFO

HALOPHiLA, B. and G.

Above

dark

brown,

^{beneathreddish}

brown,

minutely blotched with ^black.

A narrow pale ventral line from snout to coccyx. Abroad patchofdull reddish extending a littleobliquelyfromthe eyetotheedgeofthemouth, narrowing below.

Hab.

Benicia. Frequenting^theed2;esofthe sea,and

jumping

^intothewater

when

_pursued.*

2.

Hyla

regilla, B. andG.,Proc.Acad. Nat.

Sc,

Philad.,^vi.1852, 174.

Syn.

Hyla

scapularis,Hallow.,Proc.

Acad.

Nat.

Sc,

^Philad.vi.,1852, 183.

Ilab. San FrancisaorSanFrancisco.

3. Litoria OCCIDENTALIS, ^B. and G. Throat smooth.

Abdomen,

^{sides of}

body

^{and lower}surface of thighs granulated.

Tympanum

very^small. Fingers almostor entirely^free; toes slightly

webbed

at thebase_; extremities ofboth notdilated. Colorabove pale chestnut,with obscure or obsolete blotches of darker. Beneath white.

A fewcross bands on the outside of the legs. A

dark chestnutlinebeginning^atthenostril,passes

back

_{throughthe eye,}behind

which

itwidensso as to include the

tympanum,

stopping justabovethe insertion of thearm.

One

or

two

oblique blotches ofdark chestnuton eachside.

Body

^{1 l-16th}inches long^; hind_leg extended1^ inch.

Hab, SanFrancisco.

4.

Rana

Lecontii, B. and ^G. Snout moderatelypointed.

Tympanum

very small, scarcely

more

thanhalfthe width of the eye. Skin_quitesmooth.

A

Compare

the habitsof Leiuperus^salariusBell,

Voy.

of Beagle, Zool.Rept.

39,

(Lee)

302 [February,

broadfoldof skin oneaclisidefrom head to hind _legs. Longesttoe scarcely

webbed beyond

^thepenultimatejoint.

Above

dark_olive,withrather large circularblackblotches distributed pretty uniformly, though^smaller on thesides.

Each

_spot is lighter ⁱⁿ the centre.

Beneath yellow, marbled with dark brown,thickly

crowded

_except about the srroins.

A

pale greenish^lineextends

from

_just

below

theeye^{tothe shoulder.}

Hind

limbs broadly barred with dark

brown.

Lateral cuticular fold paler, a blackblotch at thebaseof the

arm

in front.

Darker

aboveand below, smoother, and with ^the snout

more

acute than in Txuna Daytonii.

Length

2\ inches.

Hind

limbs_3J.

Hah.

San Francisco.

5.

Aneides

lugubris Baird. Iconographic Encyclopaedia,

H,

1859, (1st ed.) 256.

Salamandra

_lugahris^Hallow., Proc.

Acad.

Nat.

Sc,

Phila., IV., 1848, 12G.

Hah* San

Francisco.

G.

Batrachoseps attenuata

Bon.

Fauna

ital.,1841. Baird,Journ. Acad.

Nat.

Sc,

Phila.,I,1849,288.

Salamandra

_attemiata^Eschsch.Zool.atl., 1853, pi.xxi._fig. 1 14.

Hah. SanFrancisco.

7.

Taricha

LvEvis B.and G. Alliedto T. torosaGray, but smoother, having but _slight indications of granulations. Tail very

much

compressed, with a fringealong ^the

whole

upper edge and the posterior half of thelower. Color above dark_purplish

brown,

^beneathbright yellow, the^lineofdemarcation very

distinct.

Body

³inches long^{; tail}4i.

Hah.

San Francisco.

The Committee on

a

paper by

^the

Rev. Mr. Berkley and

the

Rev.

M. A.

_Curtis,

on

the^{^^}

Exotic Fungi from

^the

Schweinitzian Herbarium,

Ike.,'' reportedⁱⁿfavor of publication in the Journal.

The Report

ofthe

Corresponding

Secretary

was read and

_adopted.

ELECTION.

jMr.

H. Cooper Hanson;

of Philadelphia;

was

elected a

Memher

of the

Academy.