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AMEIVA 



AMEIVA LEPTOPHRYS Cope 



ISqS Amiva leptophrys Cope. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 3I: 341. Type-locality: Buenos Aires, Costa Rica. 

 iqiS Ameiva ruthveni Barbour and Noble, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 55: 47I. Type-locality: Near Panama 

 City, Panama. 



Distribution: Panama to Costa Rica. 



AMEIVA ORCES I Peters 



1564 Ameiva orces i Peters, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci., 63: I23. Type-locality: l/2 km northeast of 

 Abdon Calderón, Provincia Azuay, Ecuador, I6OO m. 



Distribution: Valley of Río Jubones, Provincia Azuay, Ecuador, I25O-I7OO m. 



AMEIVA CUADRIL INEATA (HaUowell) 



1861 Cnemidophorus quadr i 1 i neatus Hallowell. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I860: 483. Type-locality: 



Nicaragua; restricted to Greytown, Nicaragua by Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 3^, 195^» 2/1. 



1862 A.[ meiva j quadr i 1 i neata — Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862: 62. 



I876 Amiva qabbiana Cope, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 8 (I875): II7. Type-locality: Old 

 Harbor, Puerto Viejo, Limón, Costa Rica. 



Distribution: Panama to Nicaragua. 



AMEIVA SEPTEMLINEATA Dumlril 



I85I A.f mei va ] Septeml ¡neata Ouméril, Cat. Meth. Coll. Rept. Mus. Paris: 114. Type-locality: South 



Amer ica. 

 IBSq Ameiva sex-scutata Günther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, I859: 402. Type-locality: Andes of western 



Ecuador. 



Distribution: Moister areas of Ecuador lowlands, from Guayaquil north. 



AMEIVA UNDULATA (Wieqmann) 



I834 Cn.f em i dophorus ] undulatus W ieqmann, Herpetologia Mexicana; 27. Type-locality: Mexico. 

 184S Ameiva undulatus — Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: 20. 



Distribution: Costa Rica to southern Mexico. 



Content: Twelve subspecies, six of which ( amph i gramma Smith and Laufe, dextra Smith and Laufe, 

 podarqa Smith and Laufe, s in istra Smith and Laufe, stuart i Smith, and undulata Wiegmann) are 

 extral im i tal. 



Key to the subspecies 



1. Median gulars abruptly enlarged —2 



Median gulars enlarged but grading gradual- 

 ly into smaller surrounding throat 

 scales 4 



2. One row of granules betv/een third supra- 



ocular and supere i 1 iar ies; third supra- 

 ocular in contact with frontoparietals 3 



Two rows of granules between third supra- 

 ocular and supere il iar i es; third supra- 

 ocular separated from frontoparietals by 

 granules parva 



3. Upper lateral light spots merged with 



dorso-lateral light line to form continu- 

 ous light band thomas i 



Coloration not as above pulchra 



Clave de subespecies 



1. Guiares medianas abruptamente agrandadas--2 

 Guiares medianas agrandadas gradualmente 



entre pequeñas escamas de la garganta 4 



2. Una hilera de granulos entre el tercer 



supraocular y los superciliares; tercer 

 supraocular contacta con los frontoparie- 

 tales 3 



Dos hileras de granulos entre el tercer 

 supraocular y los superciliares; tercer 

 supraocular separado de los frontoparie- 

 tales por granulos parva 



3. Manchas claras súpero-laterales emergen con 



línea clara lateral y forman una banda 



clara continua thomas i 



Coloración no como la anterior pulchra 



