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4, Middorsal region with few small blotches or 



none, never reticulate 5 



Middorsal region heavily reticulate or 

 blotched "liadis 



5. Twelve or more light vertical stripes or 



lines between axilla and groin ga i qeae 



Fewer than twelve light vertical stripes or 

 lines between axilla and groin hartweq i 



4. Región vertebral con pocas ninguna man- 



chas pequeñas, nunca reticuladas 5 



Región vertebral densamente reticulada o 

 manchada m i adi s 



5. Doce o más cintas claras laterales entre la 



axila e ingle oa igeae 



Menos de doce cintas claras laterales entre 

 la axila e ingle hartweq i 



Ame i va undulata qa i qeae Smith and Laufe 



1546 Ameiva undulata qa iqeae Smith and Laufe, Univ, Kansas Se i . Bull., 31: J] , fig. 10, pl. 

 20. Type-locality: Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico. 



Distribution: Lowlands of Yucatán Peninsula south to northern El Peten, Guatemala. 



Ame i va undulata hartweq i Smith 



1540 Ame i va undulata hartweq i Smith, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 53" 55- Type-locality; 

 Chiapas, Mexico, across R'o Usumacinta from Piedras Negras, Guatemala. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations of Caribbean slope from extreme southeastern 

 Mexico through northern Guatemala to northern Honduras. 



Ame i va undulata m i ad i s Barbour and Loveridge, new combination 



1929 Ameiva festiva miadis Barbour' and Loveridge, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 65: 141. Type- 

 locality: Great Corn Island. 



Distribution: Known only from Great Corn Island, forty miles off Nicaraguan coast- 

 Comment: The placement of this taxon as a subspecies of Ame i va undulata rather than of 



Ame i va f est i va is at the suggestion of Arthur Echternacht, who will publish documentation 



of the change very shortly. 



Ame i va undulata parva Barbour and Noble 



1515 Ame i va undulata parva Barbour and Noble, Bull. Mus, Comp. Zool., 59= 47^" Type-locality: 

 Guatemala; restricted by Smith and Laufe, Univ. Kansas Sc i . Bull., 31, 1546, 5I, to 

 Mazatenango, Guatemala. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations of Pacific slope from Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 

 Mexico, to Costa Rica. 



Ame i va undulata pulchra Hallowell 



I86I Ameiva pulchra Hallowell. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., I860: 483. Type-locality: 



N icaragua. 

 1942 Ameiva undulata pulchra — Stuart . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 55: 146. 



Distribution: Caribbean Honduras to Costa Rica. 



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v?-'^ Ame i va undulata thomas i Smith and Laufe 



^' y-"*— 1946 Ameiva undulata thomasi Smith and Laufe, Univ. Kansas Sc i . Bull., 31: 47, pl. lA. Type- 

 ^ , Xf csS^ locality: La Libertad, Chiapas, Mexico, near R'o Cuilco where it crosses Guatemalan 



[h^,C^ ■" border. 



Distribution: Moderate elevations of upper valley of Rio Grijalva, Chiapas, Mexico, and its 

 headwater valleys in Guatemala. 



