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REPTILIA: SAURIA: ANGUIDAE '^ ^ CELEST US 



CELESTUS Gray 



1835 Ceiestus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (l) 2; 288. Type-species: Celestus striatus Gray. 

 1839 Microlepis Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (l) 2: 334. Type-species: Microlepis undulata Gray. 

 1845 Oneyda Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: 118. Type-species: Diploqlossus Qwen i i Duméril and Bibron. 



1861 S iderolamprus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1860: 368. Type-species: S iderolamprus 



enneaqrammus Cope. 



1862 Panolopus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1861: 454. Type-species: Panolopus costatus Cope. 



Distribution: Mexico to Costa Rica; Antilles. 



Content: Twenty species, only four of which occur within the limits set for this wori<. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. No lateral prefrontals, single median 1. Sin prefrontales laterales, prefrontal mediana 



prefrontal in contact with supraocular scales única en contacto con escamas supraoculares y 



and frontal 2 frontal 2 



Three prefrontal scales, including median and Tres escamas prefrontales, una mediana y dos 



two lateral prefrontals, all in contact with laterales, todas en contacto con frontal; 



frontal; green above, lighter on sides verde arriba más claro a los lados 



montanus montanus 



2. Prefrontal and frontonasal not fused; caudal 2. Prefrontal y frontonasal no fusionado; escamas 



scales not keeled 3 caudales no guilladas 3 



Prefrontal and frontonasal fused; caudal Prefrontal y frontonasal fusionado; escamas 

 scales strongly keeled cyanochlor is caudales fuertemente guilladas c yanochloris 



3. Median prefrontal wider than long and in con- J. Prefrontal mediano contacta con dos supra- 



tact with two supraoculars; no lateral pre- oculares, más ancho gue largo; no hay pre- 

 frontals; two dorsolateral light stripes frontales laterales; dos cintas claras dorso- 



at itlanens is laterales at i tlanens is 



Median prefrontal as long as wide and in con- Prefrontal mediano contacta sólo con el supra- 



tact only with anterior supraocular; lateral ocular anterior, tan largo como ancho; pre- 



prefrontals usually present; dorsolateral frontales laterales usualmente presentes! 



light stripe absent rozellae cintas claras dorsolaterales ausentes- rozellae 



CELESTUS ATITLANENSIS Smith 



1950 Celestus atitlanensis Smith, in Smith and Taylor, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., I55: I55. Type-locality: 

 Atitlan, Guatemala. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



CELESTUS CYANOCHLORIS Cope 



1854 Celestus cyanochloris Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1894: 200. Type-locality: Volcán 



Irazú, Costa Rica. 

 1556 Celestus chrvsochlorus Taylor ( lapsus for cyanochlor i s ) , Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., '}8: 2O5. 



Distribution: Mountains of Heredia Province, central Costa Rica. 



CELESTUS MONTANUS Schmidt 



1533 Celestus montanus Schmidt. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: 21. Type-locality: Sierra de 

 Merendon, west of San Pedro, Honduras, 45OO ft. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



CELESTUS ROZELLAE Smith 



1542 Celestus rozellae Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 52: 372. Type-locality: Palenque, Chiapas, 

 Mex ¡CO. 



Distribution: Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico to El Peten, Guatemala, and British Honduras. 



