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REPTILIA: SAURIA: TEIIDAE * * ECPLEOPUS 



ECPLEOPUS Duméril and Bibron 



I835 Ecpleopus Duméril and Bibron, Erp. Gen., 5' 43*- Type-species: Ecpleopus Gaudichaudii Duméril 



and Bibron. 

 1862 Aspidolaemus Peters, Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1862: 155' Type-species; Ecpleopus ( Asp idolaemus ) 



aff in is Peters. 



Distribution: Brazil and Ecuador. 

 Content: Two species. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Loreal absent, anterior supraciliary reaches 1. Loreal ausente; supraciliar anterior alcanza 

 frontonasal; number of scales from occiput to el frontonasal; número de escamas entre 



sacrum 33 gaud ichaud i i occipucio y sacro 33 gaudichaud i i 



Loreal present, anterior supraciliary does not Loreal presente; supraciliar anterior no 

 reach frontonasal; number of scales from occi- alcanza el frontonasal; número de escamas 

 put to sacrum 46-48 aff i n is entre occipucio y sacro 46-48 aff i n is 



ECPLEOPUS AFFINIS Peters 



1862 Ecpleopus ( Aspidolaemus ) aff inis Peters, Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1862: I99, pl. 3, fig. 1, la-f. 



Type-locality: Unknown. 

 188^ Ecpleopus affinis- — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 402. 



Distribution: Higher Pacific slopes and intei — Andean valleys, from Ambato south, In Ecuador. 



ECPLEOPUS GAUDICHAUD! I Duméril and Bibron 



1839 Ecpleopus Gaudichaudii Duméril and Bibron, Erp. Gen., 5= *36. Type-locality: Brazil. 

 188S Ecpleopus gaudi chaud i i —Boulenger. Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 401. 



Distribution: Brazil. 



