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REPTILES OF THE WORLD 



Number 



of Distribution 

 species 



Genus Anadia 4 species Cent. Amer. ; Northern So. 



America. 



Genus Ecpleopus 2 species South America. 



Genus Pholidobolus 1 species Ecuador. 



Genus Enspondylus 4 species Venezuela to Peru. 



Genus A rgalia 1 species Venezuela to Colombia. 



Genus Oreosaurus 4 species Northern South America. 



Genus Proctoporus 4 species Ecuador and Peru. 



Genus Scolecosaurus 2 species Northern South America. 



Genus Cophias 4 species Northern South America. 



Genus Ophiognomon 3 species Western South America. 



Genus Heterodactylus 2 species Brazil. 



Genus Perodactylus 1 species Brazil. 



Genus Iphisa 1 species Brazil; Guianas. 



Genus Tretioscincus 2 species Cent. Amer.; So. Amer. 



Genus Micrablepharus 1 species Brazil; Paraguay. 



Genus Qymnopthalmus 4 species Tropical So. Amer.; West In- 

 dies. 

 Family AmpMsbcenidce : The Worm 

 Lizards. Old and New 

 World.i 



Genus Euchirotes 1 species Lower California. 



Genus Bipes 1 species Mexico. 



Genus Hemichirotes 1 species Mexico. 



Genus Blanus 3 species Shores of the Mediterranean. 



Genus Amphisbcena 27 species Trop. So. Amer.; trop. Africa. 



Genus Anops 2 species S. E. So. Amer. ; Western 



Africa. 



Genus Geocalamus 1 species East Africa. 



Genus Monopeltis 11 species East Africa. 



Genus Rhineura 1 species Florida. 



Genus Lepidosternon 16 species South America. 



Genus Trogonophis 1 species Southwestern Africa. 



Genus Pachy calamus 1 species Socotra. 



Genus Agamodon 1 species East Africa. 



Family Lacertidce: Typical lizards 

 of the Old World. 



Genus Tachydromus 3 species Eastern Asia; Japan; Malay- 

 sia. 



Genus Poromera 1 species West Africa. 



1 The species of three of the genera have a single pair of limbs — an- 

 teriorly. These are included in Euchirotes, Bipes and Hemichirotes. The 

 writer believes it would be appropriate to consider these under the head of 

 a separate family — the Euchirotidce. 



