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ABLEPHARUS Fitzinger 



1823 Ablepharus Fitzinger, in L ichtenste in, Verzeicliniss der Doubletten des Zoologischen Museums der 



Konigl. UniversitSt zu Berlín: IO3. Type-species: Ablepharus pannonicus Fj-tzinqer. 

 18^4 Crvptoblepharum Wieqmann. Herpetologia Mexicana: 12. Type-species: Ablepharus poec i lopleuro 



Wiegmann (a nomen nudum). 

 1839 Pet ia Gray (substitute name for Crvptoblepharum ). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (l) 2: 335. 

 1843 Microblephar is Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: 23. Type-species: Ablepharus Menestries i i Duméril 



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1845 Moreth ia Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: 65. Type-species: Morethia anomalus Gray. 

 I845 Menet ia Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: 65. Type-species: Menet ia Grey i i Gray. 

 I872 Blepharosteres Stoliczka, Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1872: 'Ji. Type-species: Blepharosteres 



Grayanus Stoliczka. 



Distribution: Australia, Europe, eastern Asia, Africa, Polynesian Islands, and coastal islands of 

 Peru and Ecuador. 



Content: About 5'' species, of which only one occurs within limits of this work. 



ABLEPHARUS BOUTONI I (Cesjardin) 



I83I Sc incus Bouton i i Desjardin, Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, 22: 298. Type-locality: Mauritius Island. 

 1868 Ablepharus Boutonii — Strauch, Mel. Biol. Acad. Imp. Sci. Sa i nt-Pltersbourg, 6: 566. 



Distribution: Africa, Australia, southern Asia, Polynesia and islands of Pacific coast of Peru. 



Content: About 3" subspecies, only one of which is found within limits set for this work. 



Ablepharus bouton i i poec i lopleurus Wiegmann 



1836 Ablepharus poec ilopleurus Wieqmann. Nova Acta Acad. Leop. -Carol. Caes. , I7: 202, pi. 18, 



fig. 1. Type-locality: Pisacoma Island, Peru. 

 I887 Ablepharus bouton i poec ilopleurus — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., "j: 317- 

 1928 Cryptoblepharus bouton i i novocaledon icus Mertens, Zool. Anz., 78: 88. Type-locality; 



Hienghiene Island, New Caledonia Islands. 

 1928 Cryptoblepharus bouton i i novohebr i d icus Mertens, Zool. Anz., 78! 89. Type-locality: Malo 



Island, New Hebrides Islands. 



Distribution: Widely distributed on Pacific and Polynesian Islands. The type-locality, 

 Pisacoma Island, coastal Peru, needs to be confirmed to prove existence in South America. 

 No continental localities have been verified. 



