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J. Rodgers - 1941
Anniella pulchra
No. 6 Mus. Vert. Zool., Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
Color records and measurements of a specimen sent in alive by Chas M. Miller, Nov. 5. Color records (made from live specimen) from Ridgway, 1912. Measurements of freshly killed specimen (T.R. 2832).
Dorsum slightly grayer than Hair Gray (Plate XLVI, 17''', i) but with a faint tinge of yellow.
Along the sides, just below the black lateral lines is an almost continuous mottling of yellow (Olive-Brown, Plate XXX, 21'', anterior, blending to Wax Yellow, Plate XVI, 21', posteriorly and on tail). Anteriorly, this yellow blends with Cinnamon-Drab (Plate XLVI, 13''') medially. Posteriorly, it blends with Yellow Citrine (Plate XVI, 23', i) ventrally. On the tail, it is mottled with a color slightly more buffy than Pale Olive-Gray (Plate LI, 23''', f) medially. At about the middle (half-way back) on the ventrum, where the Cinnamon-Drab and Yellow Citrine there is a mottling of Storm Gray (Plate LII, 35'''). The yellow of the sides is present over the whole ventrum in small spots of uneven sides and shapes. These spots are most common posteriorly. Greatest body width = 4.7mm.
Snout to vent = 12.5 mm. Tip of snout to post. border of 6th supralabial = 4.0 mm.
Tail length = 15.5 mm. Head width, across largest supraoculars = 3.0 mm.
Tip of snout to anterior border of orbit = [illegible] Tip of snout to post. margin of second interparietal = 5.4mm.