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AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF SINALOA, MEXICO 119<br />
is the same as the coastal Sonoran population. This tentative conclusion<br />
may be revised by Benjamin H. Banta, who is presently<br />
working on lizards <strong>of</strong> the genus Callisaurus.<br />
Distribution in <strong>Sinaloa</strong>.—Occurs in beach habitat along the coast<br />
to Teacapan. See Fig. 43.<br />
Specimens examined.—N. Mazatlan (CSCLB 2018-30; JFC 62:30-32;<br />
LACM 6582-83); 1.5 km. N Mazatlan ( e KU 40366-84, 68722-25); 5 km.<br />
NNW Mazatlan ("KU 29652-56); Playa Visnaga (UAZ 9505-19); Isla San<br />
Ignacio, 3 m. (" KU 69923); 1 mi. N Teacapan (LACM 6584-86).<br />
Literature records.—Costa Rica (Smith <strong>and</strong> Van Gelder, 1955:145); La<br />
Boca (Fugler <strong>and</strong> Dixon, 1961:9); Mazatlan (Martin del Campo, 1941:761;<br />
Van Denburgh, 1898:461); Mazatlan, Isla de los Chivos (Martin del Campo,<br />
1941:761).<br />
Additional records.—Altata (UMMZ 118967); 6 mi. W Baca del Rico<br />
[=La Boca?] (SM 11410-15); El Dorado (AMNH 90779-85; LSU 6441-42);<br />
9 mi. SW El Dorado (SM 11416-24); Mazatlan (SM 10213-23; UF 20621;<br />
UMMZ 102569); Mazatlan, Isla de los Chivos (AMNH 64715-17); 4 mi. W<br />
Mazatlan (MVZ 59011).<br />
Callisaurus draconoides brevipes Bogert <strong>and</strong> Dorson<br />
Callisaurus draconoides brevipes Bogert <strong>and</strong> Dorson, Copeia, no. 3:173-75,<br />
October 8, 1942 (type locality, Guirocoba, 18 miles southeast Alamos,<br />
Sonora).<br />
Remarks.—Lizards <strong>of</strong> this subspecies, discussed in the account<br />
<strong>of</strong> Callisaurus draconoides bogerti, are frequently encountered<br />
along the s<strong>and</strong>y washes <strong>and</strong> arroyos <strong>of</strong> northeastern <strong>Sinaloa</strong>. On<br />
June 16, 1963, five specimens were obtained along the Rio Fuerte<br />
in deciduous thorn woodl<strong>and</strong> dominated by Acacia <strong>and</strong> Prosopis.<br />
Holbrookia was common in the same area.<br />
Distribution in <strong>Sinaloa</strong>.—Known only from the area drained by<br />
the Rio de Choix <strong>and</strong> Rio Fuerte above El Fuerte. See Fig. 43.<br />
Specimens examined.—8 km. N El Fuerte, Rio Fuerte, 160 m. (* KU<br />
78521); 6 km. NE El Fuerte, Rio Fuerte, 155 m. (* KU 78522-25).<br />
Literature record.—Rio de Choix, Rio Fuerte (Bogert <strong>and</strong> Dorson,<br />
1942:173).<br />
Additional records.—2 mi. N Choix (FMNH 71479-80); 4 mi. NNE El<br />
Fuerte (FMNH 71481); 8 mi. NNE El Fuerte (FMNH 71482-84).<br />
Ctenosaura hemilopha (Cope)<br />
Cyclura (Ctenosaura) hemilopha Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia,<br />
1863, p. 105 (type locality, Cape San Lucas, Baja California).<br />
Remarks.—In a revision <strong>of</strong> the genus Ctenosaura, Bailey (1928:<br />
8-9) listed six species as occurring in western <strong>Mexico</strong>: C. acanthura,<br />
C. hemilopha, C. brachylopha, C. pectinata, C. brevirostris, <strong>and</strong><br />
C. parkeri. Bailey distinguished these species utilizing characters<br />
<strong>of</strong> the median dorsal scales, head length, <strong>and</strong> numbers <strong>of</strong> scale rows<br />
between the whorls <strong>of</strong> spinous caudal scales. Smith (1935a: 134-142)
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