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Stenocercus varius Boulenger, 1885 

 Type(s): Holotype: BMNH 71.4.16.53 



Type locality: Not reported; restricted to Tandapi [78°47' W, 00°25' S], 1460 m, 

 Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador, by Fritts (1974). 

 Systematics: Fritts (1974), Torres-Carvajal (2000b). 

 Distribution: Western subtropical, western temperate. 



Tropidurus flaviceps (Guichenot, 1855) 



Original name: Doryphorus flaviceps 



Type(s): Holotype: MHNP 6882 



Type locality: Sarayacu [Provincia Pastaza, Ecuador], Peru. 



Systematics: Avila-Pires (1995). 



Distribution: Eastern tropical. 



Tropidurus plica (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 Original name: Lacerta plica 

 Type(s): Holotype: NRM 112 



Type locality: Indiis; restricted to vicinity of Paramaribo, Suriname, by 

 Etheridge (1970). 



Systematics: Avila-Pires (1995), Etheridge (1970), Frost (1992). 

 Distribution: Eastern tropical. 



Tropidurus umbra (Linnaeus, 1758) 



Original name: Lacerta umbra 



Type(s): Syntypes (3): NRM 111 (2 specimens), UUZM 73 



Type locality: Meridionalibus; restricted to vicinity of Paramaribo, Suriname, 



by Etheridge (1970). 



Systematics: Avila-Pires (1995), Etheridge (1970), Frost (1992). 



Distribution: Eastern tropical. 



SCINCIDAE (1) 



Mabuya nigropunctata (Spix, 1825) 

 Original name: Lacertus mabouya 

 Type(s): Neotype: MPEG 15248 (Avila-Pires, 1995) 

 Type locality: Santa Rita, Municfpio de Maraa, left margin of Rio Japura 

 (Lago Parica), Amazonas, Brasil. 

 Systematics: Dunn (1936). 

 Distribution: Eastern tropical. 



