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REPTILIA: SAURlA: IGUANIDAE * * ^^ * LAEMANCTUS 



Prepared by Clarence J. McCoy, Jr., Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 



LAEMANCTUS Wiegmann 



18SA Laemanctus Wieqmann, Herpetologia Mexicana: 45- Type-species: Laemanctus lonqipes Wiegmann. 



Distribution: Atlantic lowlands from Tamaulipas, Mexico to northwestern Honduras, below 65O meters. 



Content: Two species, according to the most recent revision by McCoy, Copeia, I568, 665, one of 

 which ( serratus Cope) is extral im i tal, 



LAEMANCTUS LONG I PES Wiegmann 



18^4 Laemanctus lonqipes Wieqmann; Herpetologia Mexicana: 46, pi. 4. Type-locality: Jalapa, Mexico. 



Distribution: Central Veracruz, Mexico to northwestern Honduras and possibly Nicaragua. 



Content: Three subspecies are recognized by McCoy, Copeia, I568, 666 et seq., one of which 

 ( lonqipes Wieqmann) is ex tral i m i tal. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Scales around m i dbody 3''"*9 (average 44); 1. Escamas en el medio cuerpo 34-45 (promedio 



guiar fold continuous across throat 44); pliegue guiar cont'nuo a través de la 



deborre i garganta deborre i 



Scales around midbody 3O-32 (average 3^)5 Escamas en el medio cuerpo 30"32 (promedio 

 guiar fold interrupted or absent — waiters i 3^)'> pliegue guiar interrumpido o ausente- 



waiters i 



Laemanctus long i pes deborre i Boulenger 



I877 Laemanctus de Borre i Boulenger, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 2: 464, pl. 7- Type-locality: 



Tabasco, Mex ico. 

 1568 Laemanctus lonq i pes deborre i — McCoy, Copeia, I968: 668. 



Distribution: Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, to northwestern Honduras, and coastal areas 

 northward to central Veracruz, Mexico. A record from Nicaragua requires verification. 



Laemanctus lonq ipes waiters i Schm i dt 



1533 Laemanctus waltersi Schmidt. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: 20. Type-locality: 



Lake Ticamaya, Honduras. 

 1568 Laemanctus lonqipes waltersi — McCoy, Copeia, I568: 67O. 



Distribution: Caribbean slopes of northwestern Honduras. 



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