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REPULÍA: SAURIA: TEIIDAE * * * ARTHROSAURA 



ARTHROSAURA Boulenger 



1885 Arthrosaura Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 385. Type-species: Cercosaura ( Pantodactvlus ) 

 ret iculata O' Shaughnessy. 



Distribution: Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, eastern Ecuador. 



Content: Four species, according to most recent revision by Cunha, Atas Simp. Biota Amaz., 5, 

 1967, 141-170. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Three supraoculars 2 1. Tres supraoculares 2 



Four supraoculars kock i i Cuatro supraoculares kock i i 



2. Fewer than five preanal plates 3 2. Menos que cinco placas preanales 3 



Six preanal plates ret iculata Seis placas preanales ret iculata 



3. Three preanals versteeg i i 3- Tres placas preanales versteea i i 



Four preanals amapaense Cuatro placas preanales amapaense 



ARTHROSAURA AMAPAENSE Cunha 



1967 Arthrosaura amapaense Cunha, Atas Simp. Biota Amaz., 5= I5I, fig. 1. Type-locality: Alta Rio 

 Maracá, Territorio do Amapá, Brazil. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



ARTHROSAURA KOCK I I (Van Lidth) 



1904 Pr ionodactylus Kock i i Van Lidth, Notes Leyden Mus., 2$: 9I, pi. 7, figs. 3-4. Type-locality: 



Surinam; type received from Coppename Expedition. 

 1923 Arthrosaura dors i str iata Müller, Zool. Anz., 57' ^^7 • Type-locality: Peixeboi 



( Braganjabahn), Para, Brazil. 

 1928 Arthrosaura kock i — Brongersma . Zool. Anz., 78: 333. 

 1967 Arthrosaura kocki i — Cunha, Atas Simp. Biota Amaz., 5: 155, ^'9- !• 



Distribution: Surinam to eastern Brazil. 



ARTHROSAURA RETICULATA (O ' Shaughnessy) 



1881 Cercosaura ( Pantodactvlus ) reticulata O'Shaughnessy, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1881: 23O, pi. 22, 

 fig. 1. Type-locality: Canelos, Ecuador. 



1885 Arthrosaura ret i culata — Boulenger. Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 389. 



1931 Pantodactylus tyleri Burt and Burt, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 6I: 362, figs. 14-15. Type- 

 locality: Summit of Mount Duida, Venezuela. 



1967 Arthrosaura reticulata — Cunha, Atas Simp. Biota Amaz., 5' 153> fig- !• 



Distribution: Eastern Ecuador, western Amazonian Brazil, southern Venezuela. 



ARTHROSAURA VERSTEEGI I Van Lidth 



1904 Arthrosaura Versteeqii Van Lidth, Notes Leyden Mus., 25: 89. Type-locality: Cottica Mountains, 



Sur I nam. 

 1967 Arthrosaura versteeqii — Cunha, Atas Simp. Biota Amaz., 5= 150, fig. !• 



Distribution: Brazil, Surinam, Guyana, French Guiana. 



