. The reptiles of western North America, an account of the species known to inhabit California and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora and Lower California. es varying in number from226 to 241. Urosteges in two series of from 47 to 60. This is a very peculiar snake which may prove to be amere variation of Lamprofeltis g. boylit, from which it doesnot differ in size, form, or scale characters. There is animmense amount of variation in the color pattern; indeed,this is rarely alike in any two specimens. The head is notcolored differently from that of L. g.
. The reptiles of western North America, an account of the species known to inhabit California and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora and Lower California. es varying in number from226 to 241. Urosteges in two series of from 47 to 60. This is a very peculiar snake which may prove to be amere variation of Lamprofeltis g. boylit, from which it doesnot differ in size, form, or scale characters. There is animmense amount of variation in the color pattern; indeed,this is rarely alike in any two specimens. The head is notcolored differently from that of L. g. boylii, except thatthere often is more yellow near the posterior edges of theparietal plates. Along the sides of the body are more orless broken longitudinal lines or bands of white or these the coloration is dark brown to the median line,along which is a single, definite, narrow line, or a series ofsmall spots or blotches, or both. The tail is dark brown,spotted above with white or yellow. The gastrosteges areyellow or white, unicolor or blotched with brown as in L. Length to anus . 277 342 1044 Length of tail 44 49 140+ Oc. Papers, Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. X Plate 83.
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