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GYMNOPHTHALMUS 



GYMNOPHTHALMUS Merrem 



1820 Gymnophthalmus Merrem, Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum: 'JA. Type-speci es. Lacerta quadr il ineata 



L innaeus. 

 1861 Blepharact is is Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860: 484. Type-spec i es: Blepharact i s is 



spec i osa Hallowell. 

 1876 F. paphelus Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 8 (I875): II5. Type-spec i es: Epaplielus 



sum ichrast i i Cope. 



Distribution: Central America, South America from Argentina north. Leeward Islands, Margarita 

 island, Trinidad and adjacent islands. 



Content: Six species, one ( pie i i Bocourt) extral im i tal. 



Key to the species 



Frontal not in contact with internasal 2 



Frontal in contact with internasal--rubricauda 



One supraoculai 



Two supraoculars- 



-3 



mult i scutatus 



3. Without white dorsolateral stripes on body 



4 



With white dorsolateral stripes on body 



1 ineatus 



4. Tail orange-red; males with femoral pores; 



ventrals scales between triangular chest 

 scale and anal plate average 2] in males, 



32 in females spec i osus 



Tail not orange-red; males lacl< femoral pores; 

 ventral scales average 24 underwood i 



Clave de especies 



1. Frontal no contacta con internasal 2 



Frontal contacten con internasal rubr icauda 



2. Un supraocular 3 



Dos supra oculares mult i scutatus 



3. Sin cinta dorsolateral blanca a los lados del 



cuerpo 4 



Con cinta dorsolateral blanca a los lados del 

 cuerpo 1 i nea tus 



4. Cola rojo-naranja; machos con poros femorales; 



esramas ventrales entre escama triangular del 

 pecho y lámina anal promedian 2] en machos, 



32 en hembras spec iosus 



Cola no rojo-naranja; machos sin poros 



femorales; escamas ventrales promedian 24 



underwoodi 



GYMNOPHTHALMUS L INEATUS (Linnaeus) 



lyiS Lacerta lineata Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed, 10: 20g. Type-locality: Ceylon, 



1766 Lacerta quadr i 1 i nea ta Linnaeus. Systema, Ed. 12; 37I. Type-locality: North America? 



I863 Gymnophthalmus n i t i dus Reinhardt and Lütken, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn, 4 



(I862): 226. Type-locality: Danish West Indies. 

 I885 |_ Gymnophthalmus J merrem i i Boulenger (name attributed to Cocteau, but apparently coined by 



Boulenger, with this as first publication). Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 427. 

 iqOO Gymnophthalmus lineatua — Andersson, Bihang. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, 26 (4, No.l): I6. 



Distribution: Dutch Leeward Islands; Surinam. 



GYMNOPHTHALMUS MULT ISCUTATUS Amaral 



iq'^q Gymnophthalmus mul t iscutatus Amaral. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 7 (1532): 73, figs. 51-55. Type- 

 locality: Villa Nova (= Senhor do Bonfim), Bahia, Brazil. 



Distribution: Bahia, Ceara and Pernambuco, Brazil. 



GYMNOPHTHALMUS RUBRICAUDA Boulenger 



1902 Gymnophthalmus rubricauda Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) ')'• 337- Type-locality: Cruz del 



Eje, Argentina. 

 1951 Gymnophthalmus rubricauda — Gallardo, Común. Inst. Nac. Invest. Cien. Nat., Buenos Aires, Cienc. 



Zool., 2: l,fig. 1. 



DIstibution: Beni, Bolivia to northern Argentina. 



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