NO. 3545 LIZARDS PETERS H 



p. 383, pi. 20, fig. 1 . Pallatanga and Canelos, Ecuador (BM 1 946.8.3 1 .- 



58-59; 1946.9.8.17-18). 

 Range : Amazonian slopes of Ecuador. 

 Alopoglossus festae Peracca 



Alopoglossus festae Peracca, 1904, Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino, vol. 



19, no. 465, p. 7. Vinces, Ecuador (TurM 2875). 

 Range : Pacific slope of Ecuador. 



Genus AMEIVA Meyer 



1. Frontal plate divided into smaller scales, usually both longitudinally and 



transversely; prefrontals absent, or if present, not in contact 2 



Frontal plate entire; prefrontal scales in contact 4 



2. Mesoptychium with enlarged scales; humerus with row of very large, flat, 



smooth scales on anterior aspect 3 



Mesoptychium with subequal scales; humerus with 1-2 rows of slightly enlarged, 

 strongly keeled scales bridgesii 



3. Eight rows of ventrals on much of venter; single scale separating prefrontals; 



dorsal head scales not ridged and pitted orcesi 



Six rows of ventrals on all of venter; several small scales separating prefron- 

 tals; dorsal head scales heavily ridged and usually pitted . . . septemlineata 



4. Eight rows of ventral plates; males with group of spines on each side of pre-anal 



region edracantha 



Ten to twelve rows of ventral plates; no spines in the pre-anal region ... 5 



5. Last two or three supraoculars bordered entirely by granules, not in contact 



with frontal and frontoparietals bijrontata divisa* 



No supraoculars except tiny fourth bordered entirely by granules, in contact 

 with frontal and frontoparietals ameiva petersi 



Ameiva ameiva petersi Cope 



Ameiva petersi Cope, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 30, 



p. 99. Napo or Marafion, Ecuador (USNM 6639, now lost). 

 Range: Upper Amazonian Basin. 



Ameiva bridgesii (Cope) 



Holcosus bridgesii Cope, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 



20, 1868 (1869), p. 306. Ecuador? (ANSP 9651). 

 Range: Northwestern coastal areas of Ecuador; Choco of Colombia, 



Gorgona Island. 



Ameiva edracantha Bocourt 



Ameiva edracantha Bocourt, 1874b, Mission sci. Mexique, p. 263. 

 Mexico (PM 4202). 



Range : All records of the species, with the exception of the type, are 

 from the coastal area of Ecuador and Peru, from Playas south- 

 ward. 



