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Neusticurus strangulatus strangulatus (Cope) 



Euspondylus strangulatus Cope, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel- 

 phia, vol. 30, p. 99. Ecuador (ANSP 7538). 



Euspondilus festae Peracca, 1897, Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino, vol. 12, 

 no. 300, p. 10. Valleys of the Rio Zamora (TurM 2157) and the 

 Rio Santiago (TurM 2156), Ecuador. 



Range: Eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, and a dubious 

 record from Pallatanga, on the western slopes of Ecuador. 



Genus OPHIOGNOMON Cope 



1. Hindlimb half as long as pre-anal plates; 20 scales around the body . trisanale 

 Hindlimb reduced to tiny stub; 26-28 scales around the body , . . abendrothii 



Ophiognomon abendrothii (W. Peters) 



Chalcides (Hapalolepis) Abendrothii W. Peters, 1871, Monatsb. Akad. 



Berlin, p. 399. Sarayacu, Peru (BerM 7132-7134 and BM 73.- 



4.30.9). 

 Range : Amazonian slopes in Ecuador and Peru. 



Ophiognomon trisanale Cope 



Ophiognomon trisanale Cope, 1868, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 vol. 30, p. 100. "Napo or Upper Maranon, Ecuador" (formerly 

 USNM 6637, now ANSP 9637). 



Range: Amazonian Ecuador. 



Genus OPHRYOESSOIDES Dumeril 



1 . Scales in occipital region large (fig. 6^, p. 22) 2 



Scales in occipital region small (fig. &d) 3 



2. Head scales quite rugose; pair of dorsolateral crests present aculeatus 



Head scales not rugose; no dorsolateral crests iridescens 



3. Supraoculars transversely dilated 4 



No large, dilated supraoculars 5 



4. Four broadly dilated supraoculars formosus 



Six broadly dilated supraoculars haenschi 



5. Less than 55 scales around body 6 



More than 56 scales around body guentheri 



6. Sides of belly black; small postfemoral and postaxillary dermal pouches. . . 7 

 Sides of belly red or pink; large postaxillary and postfemoral dermal pouches. 



rhodomelas 



7. 47 or more scales around body festae 



Less than 47 scales around body ornatus 



