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ALOPOGLOSSUS 



ALOPOGLOSSUS Boulenger 



ISSS Alopoqlossus Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 

 Boulenger. 



Oistr ¡but ion: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Guiaras. 



Content: Five species, according to most recent 

 1952. 



Key to the species 



1. Gulars not arranged in two longitudinal rows; 



four preanal scales 2 



Gulars transversely enlarged and arranged in 



two longitudinal rows; three preanal scales 



f estae 



2. Scales on sides of neck large and conical; 



scales on posterior half of dorsum in longi- 

 tudinal rows copi i 



Not as above 3 



3. Scales on sides of neck keeled, imbricate, not 



granular 4 



Scales on sides of neck small, almost granular- 

 buckleyi 



4. Gulars keeled or smooth, pointed, not truncate; 



ventrals spotless cari n icaudatus 



Gulars smooth with a convex posterior border; 

 ventrals with basal and lateral margins pig- 

 mented- andeanus 



2: 383- Type-species: Alopoqlossus cop i i 



revision, by Ruibal, Bull. Mus. Comp, Zool., 106, 



Clave de especies 



1. Guiares no dispuestas en dos hileras longi- 



tudinales; cuatro preanales 2 



Guiares ensanchadas transversalmente y dis- 

 puestas en dos hileras longitudinales; tres 

 preanales festae 



2. Escamas de los lados del cuello grandes y 



cónicas; escamas de la mitad posterior del 



dorso en hileras longitudinales copi i 



No como el anterioi 3 



3. Escamas de los lados del cuello guilladas, 



imbricadas, no granulares 4 



Escamas de los lados del cuello pequeñas, casi 

 granulares buckleyi 



4. Guiares guilladas o lisss, puntiagudas, no 



truncadas; ventrales sin manchas- 



cari n icaudatus 



Guiares lisas con un borde posterior convexo; 

 ventrales con los márgenes básales y laterales 

 p i gmentados andeanus 



ALOPOGLOSSUS ANDEANUS Ruibal 



l'j')2 Alopoqlossus andeanus Ruibal, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 106: '~ilO. Type-locality: La Pampa, Depto. 

 Puno, Peru, "¡60 m. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



ALOPOGLOSSUS BUCKLEYI (O 'Shaughnessy) 



1881 Leposoma buckleyi ' Shauqhnessy. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881: 233, Pl- 22, fig. 2, 2a, 2b. 



Type-locality; Canelos, Ecuador. 

 IBS') Alopoqlossus buckleyi — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 3^5- 

 19^2 Alopoqlossus buckleyi — Ruibal, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 106: 5O6. 



Distribution: Amazonas, Brazil; Amazonian Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru (an unverified and very 

 doubtful record from Babahoyo, on Pacific side of Ecuador, is given by Werner, Mitt. Naturhist. 

 Mus. Hamburg, 2], I9IO, 30). 



ALOPOGLOSSUS CARI N ICAUDATUS (Cope) 



1876 Lepidosoma car i n icaudatum Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., (2) 8: I6O. Type-locality: Valley 



of Rfo MaraRon, Peru. 

 1885 Alopoqlossus car i n icaudatum — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 384. 

 1924 Alopoqlossus amazonius Ruthven, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 153: 1. Type-locality: 



Villa Murtinho, Mato Grosso, Brazil. 

 1946 Alopoqlossus copi i surinamensis Brongersma, Zool. Meded. Leyden, 26: 23I, fig. 1- Type-locality: 



Forest on the Lucie River, Surinam. 

 1952 Alopoqlossus car inicaudatus- — Ruibal, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 106: 5''8. 



Distribution: Periphery of Amazon Basin in Surinam, Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. 



