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AME IV A 



Ame i va bifrontata bifrontata Cope 



1924 [ Ameiva bifrontata ] bifrontata Ruthven, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 155: 6. 



Distribution: Northeastern South America, Dutch Leeward Islands, Margarita Island, Aruba 

 Island. 



Ameiva bifrontata concolor Ruthven 



1924 Ameiva bifrontata concolor Ruthven, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 155: 3- Type- 

 locality: Paipoy, R'o Crisnejas, Peru, 35^0 ft. 



Distribution: Canyons of Ríos Crisnejas and Marañen, Peru. 



Ameiva bifrontata d i visa (Fischer) 



ISyq Cnemidophorus divisus Fischer, Verb. Naturwiss. Ver. Hamburg, 67: 95, pi. 5, figs. 1-6. 



Type-locality; Barranqu i 11a, Colombia. 

 1924 [ Ameiva bifrontata ] divisa Ruthven, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 155' 6. 



Distribution: Northwestern South America. 



Ame i va b i f rontata i nsulana Ruthven 



1924 Ameiva insulana Ruthven, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 149: 1. Type-locality: 



Testigos Island, Venezuela. 

 1924 [ Ameiva bifrontata ] insulana Ruthven, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 155= 2. 



Distribution: Testigos Island, Venezuela. 



AMEIVA BRIDGES I I (Cope) 



1869 Holcosus bridges! i Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1868: 3O6. Type-locality: Questionably 



Ecuador. 

 1915 Ame i va br i does i i — Barbour and Noble, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 59- *7S* 

 1964 Ameiva br i dqes i i — Peters. Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sc i . , 63: II7, figs, lb, 2b. 



Distribution: Northwestern coastal areas of Ecuador, Chocó of Colombia, Gorgona Island. 



AMEIVA CHAITZAMI Stuart 



1942 Ameiva chaitzami Stuart, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 55' 1''3' Type-locality: Along Cahabon- 

 Lanquin trail about 2 km north of Finca Canihor, about '¡8 km east northeast of Coban, Alta 



Distribution: Known only from vicinity of type locality. 



AMEIVA EDRACANTHA Bocourt 



I874 Ameiva edracantha Bocourt, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Paris, (5) I9 U): 3. Type-locality: Mexico. 

 I876 Cnemidophorus armatulus Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 8 (I875): I65. Type-locality: 

 Valley of Jequetepeque, Peru. 



Distribution: Coastal area of Ecuador and Peru. 



AMEIVA FESTIVA (L ichtenste i n) 



I856 Cnem i dophorus f est i vus L i chtenste i n. Nomenclátor Reptilium et Amphibiorum Musei Zoologici 



Berol i nens i s: I3. Type-locality: Veragoa, Panama. 

 I874 Ameiva f est i vus — Bocourt. Miss. Sci. Mex., Rept.: 260, pi. 20, fig. 2; pi. 20A, fig. 10, pi. 20D, 

 fig. 6. 



Distribution; Colombia through Central America to Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. 



Content: Four subspecies. 



