Musters Lake, 800m. Distribution: known only from type 
locality. 
1975 P. patagonicus nevadoi Cei & Reig, J. Herpe'tol.; (9:2 5167. 
Type-locality: Argentina, Mendoza, Agua de la India 
Muerta, Nevado Mts. 1750 o. 
1973 P. patagonicus payuniae Ceili & Castro, Ibid. 72244. 
7 Type-locality: Argentina, Mendoza, Payun Plateau, 5 km 
from Payun Volcan. Distribution: Payun Plateau, 
Argentina. 
1973 P. patagonicus somuncurensis Cei & Castro, Ibid. T3242 
a Type-locality: Argentina, Rio Negro, Somuncura Plateau, 
Raimundo Lagoon, 1400 (= Laguna Raimundo). Distribution: 
Somuncura Plateau, Argentina. 
1973 P. patagonicus zapalensis Cei & Castro, Ibid. L224i3.e 
Type-locality: Argentina, Neuquen, Teru Lagoon, 40 km W 
Zapala, 1200 m. Distribution: highlands west of Zapala. 
1985 P. punae Cei, Etheridge & Videla, Deserta 7:320. Type- 
locality: Argentina, San Juan, Llano de los Hoyos, Res. 
Prov. de San Guillermo. Distribution: type locality. 
Platynotus Wagler, 1831. Type-species: Agama semitaeniata Spix, 
1824. Revalidated by Schmidt & Inger, 1951, and by 
Vanzolini, Ramos-Costa & Vitt, 1980, Rept. Caatingas, 
Acad. Bras. Cien. See Tapinurus. 
Polychroides Noble, 1924 = Polychrus Cuvier, 1817, fide Etheridge, 
19655 Herpetologica 213 l6l-68. 
P. peruvianus Noble = Polychrus peruvianus, fide Etheridge, 
LOGS MOpesnct tt. « 
Polychrus Cuvier, 1817. Includes Polychroides Noble, 1924, fide 
Etheridge, 1965. ‘op. cit. 
P. marmoratus (Linnaeus). Distribution: Atlantic coastal 
forest to Brasil and northern South American hylaeca to 
Caribbean coast (Vanzolini, 1983, Adv. Herpetol. Evol. 
Biol.) 
P. peruvianus Noble see Etheridge 1965, op. cit. and Gorman, 
Huey & Williams, 1969, Breviora 316:1-7. 
Prionodactylus O°Shaughnessy, 1881. 
A key, descriptions and maps of the species are in Uzzell, 1973, 
Postilla Lads l=67 . 
1973 P. dicrus Uzzell, Ibid. 159:19. Type-locality: ‘Ecuador, 
Tungurahua, Mapoto, 1300 m. Distribution: eastern Andean 
slopes of central Ecaudor. 
Pristidactylus Fitzinger, 1843, substitutes for Cupriguanus 
Gallardo, 1964, fide Etheridge & Williams, 1985, 
Breviora 483:1-18, includes key to species. 
achalensis (Gallardo). 
alvaroi (Donoso-Barros). 
casuhatiensis (Gallardo). 
fasciatus (d°Orbigny). 
- scapulatus (Burmeister). 
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