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TEIIDAE (10) 



Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) 



Original name: Lacerta ameiva 



Type(s): Syntypes (3): NRM 120, 124; UUZM 12 



Type locality: America; restricted to the confluence of Cottica river and 



Perica Creek, Suriname, by Hoogmoed (1973). 



Systematics: Avila-Pires (1995). 



Distribution: Eastern tropical. 



Ameiva bridgesii (Cope, 1869) 

 Original name: Holcosus bridgesii 

 Type(s): Holotype: ANSP 9651 

 Type locality: Ecuador. 

 Distribution: Western tropical. 



Ameiva edracantha Bocourt, 1874 

 Type(s): Holotype: MHNP 4202 

 Type locality: Amerique occidentale. 

 Distribution: Western tropical, western subtropical. 



Ameiva orcesi Peters, 1964 



Type(s): Holotype: USNM 149655 



Type locality: 0.5 km NE Abdon Calderon, Azuay Province, Ecuador. 



Distribution: Western subtropical. 



Ameiva septemlineata Dumeril and Dumeril, 1851 

 Type(s): Holotype: MHNP 4198 

 Type locality: Amerique meridionale. 

 Distribution: Western tropical, western subtropical. 



Callopistes flavipunctata (Dumeril and Bibron, 1839) 

 Original name: Aporomera flavipunctata 

 Type(s): Syntypes (2): MHNP 8298 

 Type locality: South America. 

 Distribution: Western tropical. 



Dicrodon guttulatum Dumeril and Bibron, 1839 

 Type(s): Holotype: MHNP 1116 

 Type locality: Peru. 

 Distribution: Western tropical. 



