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DIPLOLAEMUS Bell 



1843 Diplolaemus Bell, Zool. Voyage Beagle, Rept.: I5, pi. 10. Type-species: Diplolaetnus darwinii 

 Bell. 



Distribution: Patagonia, 38° S. to straits of Magellan, Argentina. 



Content; Three species. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Pattern formed by brown crossbands containing 1. Diseño dorsal con bandas pardas transversales 



dark brown spots 2 con manchitas negras 2 



Pattern formed by isolated brown spots Oiseflo dorsal con manchas pardas aisladas 



leopardinas leopard inus 



2. Head scales convex; dorsal bands butterfly- 2. Escamas cefálicas convexas; bandas dorsales en 



shaped, interrupted across vertebral line ala de mariposa, interrumpidas en la iTnea 



darwin i i medio vertebral darwini i 



Head scales flat; dorsal bands not butterfly- Escamas cefálicas planas; bandas dorsales sin 



shaped, frequently continuous across vertebral forma de mariposa, frecuentemente contTnuas en 



line bibroni i la Ifnea med iovertebral bibron i i 



DIPLOLAEMUS BIBRONI I Bell 



1843 Diplolaemus Bibroni i Bell, Zool. Voyage Beagle, Rept.: 21, pi. 11. Type-locality: Puerto 

 Deseado, Argentina. 



Distribution: Patagonia, from Santa Cruz to Aysén and Magallanes, Argentina. 



DIPLOLAEMUS DARWINI I Bell 



1843 Diplolaemus Darwinii Bell, Zool. Voyage Beagle, Rept.: 20, pi. 10. Type-locality; Puerto 

 Deseado, Argentina. 



Distribution; Patagón ¡a, from Puerto Deseado to straits of Magellan, Argentina. 



DIPLOLAEMUS LEOPARD I NUS (Werner) 



I858 Liosaurus leopardinus Werner. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Oekol. Geogr. Tiere, 1 (suppl. 4); 249, pi. 



13, figs. 1-lb. Type-locality; Santiago, Chile (in error, according to Oonoso-Barros, below). 

 I96S Diplolaemus leopardinus' — Oonoso-Barros, An. Segundo Cong. Latino-Amer. Zool., SSo Paulo, 2; 223, 



fig. 3. 



Distribution: Patagonia, in region of Lonquimay valley in Chile and Neuquen, Argentina. 



