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Mazatlan (AMNH 20669-79); 5 mi. N Mazatlan (SDSNH 41227); 73 mi.
S Mazatlan (FAS 8716); near Presidio (FMNH 117780-81); 10 mi. S Presidio
(UIMNH 20403-04); Rincon de Urias, E Mazatlan (AMNH 15363-64).
Phrynosoma solare Gray
Phrynosoma solaris Gray, Catalogue Lizards Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist,, p. 229,
1845 (type locality, California).
Remarks.—Five specimens agree with the diagnosis given by
Reeve (1952:907) with the exception that the ventral scales are not
distinctly keeled. Measurements are as follows: (two males) snoutvent
length 72, 40; tail 40, 14; tail/snout-vent length 0.56, 0.35;
(three females) snout-vent 78, 61, 34; tail 31, 28, 11; tail/snout-vent
length 0.40, 0.46, and 0.32. Horned lizards, known from areas of
thorn woodland, reach their southern limit of distribution in central
Sinaloa.
Distribution in Sinaloa.—Northern part of the state (north of
Terreros). See Fig. 46.
Specimens examined.—Ahome (UCLA 13907, 13910-12); 6 km. NE El
Fuerte, 150 m. (*KU 77809); 11 mi. S Guamuchil (CSCLB 1980); 10 km.
S, 38 km. E Sinaloa, 240 m, {• KU 69925); Terreros (LACM 6614); 1 mi. W
Terreros (LACM 6615); 4 mi. W Terreros (LACM 6616); 13 km. NNE Vaca,
400 m. (°KU 80716-18).
Literature records.—Ahome (Bogert and Oliver, 1945:401; Smith and
Taylor, 1950b: 104); Sierra de Choix (Reeve, 1952:910; Smith and Taylor,
1950b:104).
Additional records.—8 mi. NNE El Fuerte (FMNH 71485-86); 5 mi. N
Guasave, 100 ft. (TCWC 12455); near Mocorito (UMMZ 125221); Rio
Sinaloa (MVZ 21012); 2 mi. S Sinaloa (UMMZ 125220).
Sceloporus bull en Boulenger
Sceloporus bulleri Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 729, pi. 48, fig. 3,
December 4, 1894 (type locality, La Cumbre de los Arrastrados, Jalisco).
Remarks.—Twenty-eight males have the following characteristics:
dorsal scales 38-45 (40.5); middorsal scales in black collar 3-5.5 (4);
total femoral pores (excluding KU 44746) 31-40 (35.7); snout-vent
length 42-102 (63.6); tail length 81-130 (93.7) (N = 7; KU 44756,
75542, 78627, 78633, 78638-40); snout-vent/tail 0.62-0.68 (0.66).
Ten males have the white anterior edge of the black collar broken
middorsally; in 18 the white edge is complete. The corresponding
characteristics of 12 females are, respectively: 36-42 (39.6); 3-6 (4);
30-37 (33.3); 48-91 (64.8) (excluding KU 78634); 85-135 (103.3)
(N = 3; KU 75540, 78628, 78643); 0.61-0.67 (0.65). The white
anterior edge is broken medially in 5, unbroken in 7.
The color of an adult male (LACM 6672) is as follows: top of
head brownish olive with spots of pale green; collar velvet black,