I believe no reptiles or amphibians have been recorded from this island. I have seen only the following species:
1. Xantusia riversiana Cope.
Mr. Joseph Grinnell has sent me four Xantusias from Santa Barbara Island. They are smaller than the specimens I have seen from the other islands, but seem to differ in no other respect. The largest is 64 mm. from snout to vent. All are dark drab above with small, discrete black spots. One shows traces of longitudinal dorsal bands near the tail.
Santa Catalina Island.
One salamander, two lizards, and a rattlesnake have been taken on Santa Catalina.
1. Batrachoseps attenuatus (Eschscholtz).
A single specimen collected at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, by Mr. A. M. Drake (Cal. Acad. Sci. No. 3726) seems indistinguishable from the mainland species. It has nineteen costal grooves, slender limbs, and narrow head. The coloration is uniform slaty brown above, paler below. Three specimens secured on this island by Mr. Fuchs differ from this one only in the slightly paler coloration.
2. Uta stansburiana Baird & Girard.
Uta stansburiana Cope, Report, U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 311.
This lizard has been recorded from Santa Catalina by Professor Cope. Two specimens collected at Avalon by Mr. J. I. Carlson are in the collection of the Academy (Nos. 4754 and 4755). They seem to be fairly typical U. stansburiana with moderately imbricate dorsals. The femoral pores are thirteen or fourteen.