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11. Polychrus acutirostris Spix. 



ANGUIDiE. 



12. Ophiodes striatus Spix. 

 Sao Paulo. 



13. Ophiodes intermedius Blgr. 

 Santos. 



14. Diploglossus fasciatus Gray. 

 Santos. 



TEIIDJE. 



15. Tupinambis teguixin L. 



This is the common " lagarto." It was by error that Boettger 

 mentioned T. nigropunctatus, from Sao Paulo, as this seems to be 

 the Amazonian form, as Boettger himself corrected. 



16. Tupinambis rufescens Giinth. 



I do not know the exact habitat of ourexample of this species, which 

 seems proper to the western parts of the interior. The number of 

 ventral scales is somewhat less than in Argentine examples. The 

 unicolored under side of the tail distinguishes this species very well 

 from the two others. 



17. Centropyx paulensis Bttg. 

 Tau bate. 



18. Ameiva surinamensis Laur. {Ameiva ameiva L.). 

 Santa Rita. 



19. Pantodactylus scbreibersii Wiegm. 



20. Prionodactylus quadrilineatus Bttg. 



21. Cercosaura ocellata Wagl. 

 Also from the State Parana. 



22. Placosoma cordylinum Tsch. 

 Santos, Raiz da Serra, Parana. 



23. Heterodactylus imbricatus Spix. 

 Serra da Mantiqueira. 



AMPHISB^NID.53. 



24. Amphisbaena alba L. 



25. Amphisbsena vermicularis Wagl. 



The number of the annuli of the body in the examples examined 

 is : 217, 223, 224, 247. The suture of the frontals in one is longer, 



