Field notes, v580
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Sept 5 Paul DeBenedictis 1960 Sept 5 Sceloporus grammicus microlepidotus Kilometer 86, Highway 196, N.W Slope Mt. Tepoca tepel, Mexico, Mex. (T. Papenfuss- M.A. Eudey collector) #118 - This specimen shows a strong, nervous, tail wagging reaction when sightened. At the least extreme, only the posterior fifth of the tail is waved. At more extreme provocation the entire tail is waved back and forth, [illegible] the waving is directed posteriorly along the tail , so that the tip stops last. The wagging is not the frantic type of Fanillo emsei but more that of an excited dog. This particular is also quite vicious, biting and hanging on as it gets a chance [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Snout-vent 48 mm, tail 51 mm. ?. Dorsum reddish brown,[1] becoming paler on tail [2]; laterally reddish [3],richer, with many blachish spots[4]; a yellowish[6] lateral and dorso- lateral stripe, the dorsolateral interrupted by blackish bars[7] which extend well onto the back, and are bordered with bluish[8] posteriorly; bars lighter, brownish [9] on tail; head and forelimbs blachish brown[10], spotted and barred with black, hind limbs redder[11],barred with darker[12]; a black shoulder patch. Beneath pale yellowish[13], chin, throat and laterally belly patches greener[14], much blackish[15] on throat + between belly patches, brownish[16] limb; tail oliveish [17], brownier posteriorly[18]