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Lepidoblepharis oxycephalus (Werner) 



Gonatodes oxycephalus Werner, 1894a, Zool. Anz., vol. 17, p. 413. 



Ecuador (type unknown; not in VM). 

 Range: Unknown. 



Lepidoblepharis ruthveni Parker 



Lepidoblepharis ruthveni Parker, 1926, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 

 vol. 17, p. 295. Chimbo, Ecuador (BM 98.4.28.3, female; TurM 

 2645). 



Range : Pacific slope of Ecuador. 



Genus LEPOSOMA Spix 



Leposoma parietale (Cope) 



Mionyx parietalis Cope, 1885, Proc. American Philos. Soc, vol. 23, 



p. 96. Pebas, Peru (probably ANSP). 

 Range: Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



Genus MABUYA Fitzinger 



Mabuya mabouya (Lacepede) 



Lacerta mabouya Lacepede, 1788, Hist. Nat. Quad. Ovip. Serpents, 

 vol. 1, p. 378, pi. 24. Type and type locality unknown; restricted 

 to the Antilles by Latreille, 1802 {jide Dunn); further restricted to 

 the Lesser Antilles by Dunn, 1936, vol. 87, p. 544; still further 

 restricted to St. Vincent Is. by Smith and Taylor, 1950, p. 156. 



Mabuia cepedei. — Cope, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 30, 

 p. 100. 



Mabuia a^w^a.— O'Shaughnessy, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 236. 



Mabuya agilis. — Peracca, 1897, Bol. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino, vol. 12, 

 no. 300, p. 13; Boulenger, 1887, Cat. Lizards British Mus., vol. 3, p. 

 190; Parker, 1934, Ann Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, vol. 14, p. 271. 



Range : Low and moderate elevations from central Mexico to Brazil. 



Remarks: The proper name for the species of Mabuya from Ecuador 

 is very much in doubt. I follow Stuart (1963, Misc. Publ. Mus. 

 Zool. Univ. Mich., no. 122, p. 76), in using this combination, although 

 Taylor (1956, U. Kans. Sci. Bull., vol. 38, pt. 1, p. 297) said that 

 "it must be regarded as doubtful whether the species Mabuya mabouya 

 is represented on the mainland of Central America." A thorough 

 review, both biological and taxonomic, is very much in order for 

 this species in oi'der to permit accurate definition of subspecies and, 

 perhaps, species masquerading under this name. 



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