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Pholidobolus montium (Peters, 1862b) 



Original name: Ecpleopus montium 



Type(s): Lectotype: RMNH 3401 (Montanucci, 1973) 



Type locality: Hochgebirge von Ecuador; restricted to Quito by Montanucci (1973). 



Systematics: Hillis (1985), Montanucci (1973). 



Comments: Type species. 



Distribution: Western temperate, Andean, eastern temperate. 



Pholidobolus prefrontalis Montanucci, 1973 



Type(s): Holotype: KU 141093 



Type locality: 4.9 km south of Tixan (by road), Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. 



Systematics: Hillis (1985). 



Distribution: Western temperate. 



Prionodactylus argulus (Peters, 1862b) 



Original name: Cercosaura argulus 



Type(s): Holotype: ZMB 4555 



Type locality: Mountainous regions around Sta. Fe de Bogota [Colombia]. 



Systematics: Avila-Pires (1995), Uzzell (1973). 



Distribution: Eastern tropical, eastern subtropical. 



Prionodactylus dicrus Uzzell, 1973 



Type(s): Holotype: FMNH 36708 



Type locality: Mapoto, 1300 m, [Provincia] Tungurahua, Ecuador. 



Distribution: Eastern tropical, eastern subtropical. 



Prionodactylus manicatus (O' Shaughnessy, 1881) 



Original name: Cercosaura manicata 



Type(s): Syntypes (4): BMNH 1946.8.2.1, 1946.8.31.15-17 



Type locality: Pallatanga [Provincia Chimborazo] and Canelos [Provincia Pastaza], 



Ecuador. 



Systematics: Uzzell (1973). 



Distribution: Eastern tropical, eastern subtropical. 



Prionodactylus vertebralis (O' Shaughnessy, 1879) 



Original name: Cercosaura vertebralis 



Type(s): Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.35 



Type locality: Intac, Ecuador. 



Systematics: Uzzell (1973). 



Distribution: Western tropical, western subtropical. 



