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AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF SINALOA, MEXICO 151
across nape; 12 ventral scale rows; granular scales on sides of neck;
anterior intemasals and postrostral absent; suboculars extending to
lowest primary temporal; 15 complete brown bands across back,
one scale or less in width; ventral body and tail cream colored; few
dark brown spots on head posterior to eyes and on base of tail.
The specimen agrees in other respects with the original description
(Webb, 1962b: 73).
Distribution in Sinaloa.—Known only from the tropical deciduous
forest of the southern highlands. See Fig. 56.
Specimen examined.—1 km. NE Santa Lucia, 1155 m. ( e KU 78903).
Cerrhonotus liocephalus liocephalus Wiegmann
[Gerrhonotus] liocephalus Wiegmann, Isis von Olcen, 21:381, 1828 (type
locality, Mexico).
Gerrhonotus liocephalus liocephalus: Cope, Ann. Rent. U. S, NaU. Mus.,
1898:518,1900.
Remarks.—One male has a snout-vent length of 150; tail 265 (incomplete);
48 dorsals from interparietal to posterior edge of hind
legs; 18 dorsal scale rows; eight rows of scales across nape; 12 rows
of ventral scales; postrostral, anterior internasal, and frontonasal
present; suboculars separated from lowest primary temporal. The
dorsal coloration consists of nine indistinct pale blue bands on a
ground color of pale brown.
Distribution in Sinaloa.—Known only from pine-oak forest in the
southern highlands. See Fig. 56.
Specimen examined.—19.2 km. NE Santa Lucia, 1940 m. (*KU 78904).
Additional records.—5.0 mi. (by rf>ad) SW ElFalmito, 6800 ft. (UMMZ
123044}; 7.2 mi. (by road) E Santa Luciai JFC 63:141).
Family Helodermatidae
Heloderma horridum exasperatum Bogert and Martin del Campo
Uehderma horridum exasperatum Bogert and Martin del Campo, Bull. Amer.
Mus. Nat. Hist., 109:28, April 16, 1956 (type locality, near Guirocoba,
Sonora),
Remarks.—One specimen, represented by a skin with head, tail
and legs attached, has 81 caudals; preanals not enlarged; one pair
of infralabials reaching chin shields; supranasal contacting postnasal;
and eight scales present across head between posterior superciliaries.
The specimen probably had a body length of about
300 mm. In pattern, the specimen resembles the holotype as illustrated
by Bogert and Martin del Campo (1956, pi. 8, fig. 3), but
the yellow coloration is more prominent.