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repulía: SAURIA: ANGUIDAE -^ -^ * ABRONIA 



ABROMA Gray 



1338 Abronia Gray. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (l) 1; 385- Type-species: Gerrhonotus Deppii Wieamann. 

 I843 Asp idosoma F I tz inger, Systema Reptiliutn: 21. Type-species: Gerrhonotus taeniatus Wiegmarn. 

 1843 Le iogerrlion Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: 21. Type-species: Gerrlionotus Depp i i Wiegmann. 

 1846 L ioqerrhon Agassiz (corrected spelling of Le ioqerrPion F i tz inger j , Nomenclátor is Zoologici index 

 Universalis: 203 and 212. 



Distribution: Guatemala and Mexico. 



Content: Eleven species, nine of which are extral im i tal. 



Key to the species 



1. Postmentals paired aur i ta 1. Un par de posmentales- 



Postmental unpaired Vasconcelos i i Posmental impaj Vasconcelos i i 



ABRONIA AURITA (Cope) 



1869 Gerrhonotus auritus Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Se i . Phila., 1868: 3O6. Type-local i ty: Forest of 



Verapaz, Guatemala. 

 1885 Bar i ss i a f i m b r i a t a Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 22: f"]!. Type-locality: Pine Forest of 



Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. 

 1949 Abronia aurita — Tihen, Amer. Midi. Nat., 41: 59I. 



Distribution: Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. 



ABRONIA VASCONCELOS I I (Bocourt) 



I87I Gerrhonotus Vasconcelos i i Bocourt, Bull. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 7 (4): IO7. 



Type-locality: Arqueta, Guatemala, above 2000 m. 

 1949 Abronia Vasconcelos i i — Tihen, Amer. Midi. Nat., 41: 591- 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



