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The Committee on the following paper by Prof. Baird and Mr.
Girard reported in favor of publication in the Proceedings.
List ofReptiles collected hi California by Dr. JohnL. Le ContCj with description
of new Species.
By S. F. Baird and Charles Girard.
The following species of reptiles were collected by Dr. Le Conte, during a
scientific exploration of California made in 1850-51. As in his previous travels
through various parts of North America, Dr. Le Conte, in addition to the Co-
leoptera which attracted his especial attention, collected in other departments of
Natural History, making additions of greater or less extent in all.
The present enumeration, although containing all the species brought home
by Dr. Le Conte, gives no idea of the numbers actually collected. Owing to
the breaking of several jars and the difficulty of transportation, many valuable
species were lost, especially from the Colorado and from San Diego.
The Batrachians from San Francisco were collected in February, 1850 ; the
specimens from San Jose in April, and those from San Diego in May to Septem-
ber of the same year. Bufo halophila was found at Benicia in August, and
Rena humilis at Vallecitas in October. The Colorado specimens were mostly
collected in 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 the specimen,
(a dried skin,) it has been impossible to state to what species this belongs. We
have, however, provisionally referred it to the above, as the one to which it
bears the closest resemblance.
2. Eutainia ordinoides, B. and G. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Phila., vi., 1852,
176, and Cat. 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 San Jose.
7. DiADOPHis AMABiLis, B. and G. Cat. N. Amer. Rept., I, 1853.
From San Jose.
8. Rena humilis, B. and G. Cat. N. Amer. Rept., I, 1853.
From Vallecitas, Cal.
* It is proper to remark, that besides the strong friendship manifested towards
me and towards the objects of my journey, by all the officers stationed at the
military posts w^hich I visited, especial facilities were affi^rded by Major W. H.
Emory, then in charge of the American Boundary Commission, whose valuable
explorations in those desert regions have already contributed so much to science,
and whose labors, I am happy to say, 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 of Colorado.
2. ScELOpoRus occiDENTALis, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. vi.,
1S52, 175.
From San Francisco.
3. Uta Stansburiana, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi., 1852,
69, and Stansbiiry^s Expl. of Valley of Great 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 in Stansbury's Expl, of Valley
of Great Salt Lake, 1852, Append. C. 360, pi. 8, fig. 712.
From San Diego.
6. Cnemidophorus gracilis, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi.,
1852, 128.
From the Desert of Colorado.
7. Elgaria scincicauda, B. and G., Proc Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi., 1852,
69 ; and in Stanshury^s Expl. Valley of Great Salt Lake, 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 Salt Lake, 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, 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.
Hab. Benicia. Frequenting the ed2;es of the sea, and jumping into the water
when pursued.*
2. Hyla regilla, B. and G., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., vi. 1852, 174.
Syn. Hyla scapularis, Hallow., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad. vi., 1852, 183.
Ilab. San Francisa or San Francisco.
3. Litoria OCCIDENTALIS, 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 l-16th inches long ; hind leg extended 1^ inch.
Hab, San Francisco.
4. Rana Lecontii, 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, (Lee)
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broad fold of skin on eacli side from head to hind legs. Longest toe scarcely
webbed beyond the penultimate joint.
Above dark olive, with rather large circular black blotches distributed pretty
uniformly, though smaller on the sides. Each spot is lighter in the centre.
Beneath yellow, marbled with dark brown, thickly crowded except about the
srroins. A pale greenish line extends from just below the eye to the shoulder.
Hind limbs broadly barred with dark brown. Lateral cuticular fold paler, a
black blotch at the base of the arm in front.
Darker above and 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. San Francisco.
7. Taricha LvEvis B. and G. Allied to T. torosa Gray, but smoother, having
but slight indications of granulations. Tail very much compressed, with a
fringe along the whole upper edge and the posterior half of the lower. Color
above dark purplish brown, beneath bright yellow, the line of demarcation very
distinct. Body 3 inches 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.,'' reported in favor of publication in the Journal.
The Report of the Corresponding Secretary was read and adopted.
ELECTION.
jMr. H. Cooper Hanson; of Philadelphia; was elected a Memher of the
Academy.