. Bulletin. Science; Natural history; Natural history. 62 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES > • %. Fig. 15. Sauromalus australis from San Jose de Magdalena, BCS. second band, a less conspicuous third band, and the remaining portion of the dorsum finely spotted (Fig. 16a). The loss of bands is not uncommon for S. australis (Shaw 1945), although it is more typical of individuals from the southern portion of the peninsula. Coleonyx vanegatus.—¥A3.\\hQr''s (1945) description of C v. abbotti included those specimens ranging from cismontane southern California southward to near Rancho San J
. Bulletin. Science; Natural history; Natural history. 62 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES > • %. Fig. 15. Sauromalus australis from San Jose de Magdalena, BCS. second band, a less conspicuous third band, and the remaining portion of the dorsum finely spotted (Fig. 16a). The loss of bands is not uncommon for S. australis (Shaw 1945), although it is more typical of individuals from the southern portion of the peninsula. Coleonyx vanegatus.—¥A3.\\hQr''s (1945) description of C v. abbotti included those specimens ranging from cismontane southern California southward to near Rancho San Jose and Isla de Cedros, BC. Smith and Holland (1971) extended the peninsular distribution of this subspecies southward to Bahia de los Angeles and Dixon (1970) extended it even further south to near the 28th parallel, although he presumed it to be absent from the Vizcaino Desert. Curiously, Welsh (1988) considered a specimen (CAS 121182) from Bahia de los Angeles to be an "ap- parently unreported northern range extension" for C. v. peninsularis of southern Baja California, despite the publications of Smith and Holland (1971) and Dixon (1970). One of us (LLG) has examined CAS 121182 and finds it to be typical of C V. abbotti from this region. Klauber (1945) noted that many specimens from Isla de Cedros have dark blotches within the light bands and the borders of the dark interspaces are irregular rather than straight (color pattern terminology following Grismer [1988a]). Klau- ber (1945) lacked material from adjacent peninsular localities with which to make comparisons. We find this same pattern present in C. v. abbotti from the Vizcaino Peninsula. Several geckos matching KJauber's (1945) description of C v. abbotti from Isla de Cedros were observed on 11 December 1988, 28-29 June 1990, and 3-4 July 1991 at both study sites within the Sierra Santa Clara. All had bands and interspaces of equal width with irregular borders and some had dark blotches within the inter
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