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Bachla. heteTopa. Tineata Boulenger, 19 03 

 Distribution: Only two specimen had been reported in Falcon: Chipare 

 (Municipio Colina); Pauji (Municipio Union). 

 Habitats: Tropophilous deciduous low and median forest. 

 References: Donoso-Barros (1968. Idem: under the name Bachia lineata 

 lineata) ; Dixon (1973. Univ. Kansas Mus . Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ . , 57:1- 

 47); Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970. Idem); Rivero-Blanco & Dixon (1979. 

 Idem); Shreve (1947. Idem); Mijares-Urrutia & Arends (1999. Idem). 



Euspondylns acxitirostris (Peters 1862) 

 Distribution: A very rare species from the highland of northern 

 Venezuela: Cerro El Danto (Municipio Petit, Sierra de San Luis ). Habitats : 

 Coastal cloud forest. 

 References : None . 



GynmophthaJjmis speciosus (Hallowell, 1861) 

 Distribution: This sand-swimmer lizard is relativelly rare: Tucacas 

 (Municipio Monsenor Iturriza); Adicora (Municipio Falcon, Peninsula de 

 Paraguana) . 



Habitats: Littoral xerophilous scrub; psammophilous and halophilous 

 Littoral grassland; tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 

 Referencess: Cole, Dessauer, Townsend & Arnold (1990. Amer. Mus. 

 Novitates, 2994:1-29). 



Ptycbog-lossus kugleri Roux, 1927 

 Distribution: A very rare lizard: El Mene-San Lorenzo (Municipio Acosta) ; 

 Pauji (Municipio Union) . 



Habitats: Tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 

 References: Donoso-Barros (1968. Idem); Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970. 

 Idem); Roux (1927. Idem); Shreve (1947. Idem); Harris (1994. Herpetol. 

 Monog., 8:226-273. ) . 



Tx:et±osc±xiciis bifasclatus Jtugieri Shreve, 1947 

 Distribution: A relatively common lizard in coastal lowlands of Falcon: 

 Tiraya (Municipio Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguana) ; La Vela (Municipio 

 Colina) ; Mene de Mauroa (Municipio Mauroa) ; Riecitc (Municipio Jacura) ; 

 Sanare (Municipio Monsenor Iturriza) . 



Habitats: Littoral xerophilous scrub; psammophilous and halophilous 

 Littoral grassland; tropophilous deciduous and semi-deciduous scrub; 

 tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest; cultivated lands. 

 References: Shreve (1947. Idem); Donoso-Barros (1968. Idem); Peters & 

 Donoso-Barros (1970. Idem); Rivero-Blanco & Dixon (1979. Idem). 



Family Polychrotidae 



Anolis avLratus Daudin, 18 02 

 Distribution: A relatively uncommon species. Some few records of this 

 species are from: near Las Dos Bocas (Municipio Colina) , Llano Largo 



(Municipio Miranda), Mene de Mauroa (Municipio Mauroa), near Buena Vista 



(Municipio Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguana) . 



Habitats: Thorny xerophilous scrubs, Tropophilous deciduous and semi- 

 deciduous scrubs. Cultivated lands. 

 References: Mijares-Urrutia & Arends (1993. Idem); Shreve (1947. Idem). 



AnoJ-is fascoauratris D'Orbigny, 1837 

 Distribution: A forest dweeling species relatively uncommon. Known 



