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LEIOLOPISMA 



LEIOLOPISWA CHERRIEI (Cope) 



189^ Mocoa cherriei Cope. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 3I: 34O. Type-locality: El Palmar, Costa Rica. 

 Distribution: Tabasco, Mexico to Panama. 

 Content: Four subspecies, one of which ( stuart i Smith) is ex tral in i tal. 



Key to the subspecies 



1. More than 2/ scales around midbody; more 



than 60 scales between parietals and 



level of anus 2 



Less than 25 scales around midbody; less 

 than 60 scales between parietals and 

 level of anus ixbaac 



2. Primary temporal normally s ingle, if not, 



lower scale much larger than upper and 

 touches upper secondary temporal; upper 



secondary temporal largei cherr ie i 



Two primary temporals, upper equal to or 

 slightly smaller than lower, only upper 

 touching upper secondary temporal; upper 



secondary temporal smallei 



lamprophol is 



Clave de subespecies 



Más de 27 escamas alrededor del medio del 

 cuerpo; más de 60 escamas entre los parie- 

 tales y el nivel anal 2 



Menos de 25 escamas alrededor del medio del 

 cuerpo; menos de 60 escamas entre los 

 parietales y el nivel anal ixbaac 



Temporal primaria frecuentemente única, si 

 no la escama inferior es much'o más grande 

 que la superior y toca la temporal secun- 

 daria superior; temporal secundaria 

 superior mucho más grande cherriei 



Dos temporales primarias, la superior igual 

 o ligeramente menor que la inferior, la 

 única superior toca la temporal secundaria 

 superior; temporal secundaria superior 

 men 01 lamprophol i s 



Le iolop isma cherr ie i cherr ie i (Cope) 



1903 L yqosoma assatum var. brev is Werner, Abh. K. Bayer Akad. Wiss. Mijnchen, 22: 3*5' Type- 

 locality: Cobán, Guatemala. 

 1946 Leiolopisma cherriei cherriei — Smith, Herpetolog ica, 3= HI. 



Distribution: Tabasco, Mexico, to southwestern Costa Rica. 



Le iolop isma cherr ie i ixbaac (Stuart) 



1940 Lyqosoma assatum ixbaac Stuart, Dec. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 421: 8. Type-locality: 



Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico. 

 1946 Le iolop isma cherr ie i ixbaac — Smith, Herpetolog ica, J: 111. 



Distribution: Lowlands of Yucatán Peninsula south to central El Peten, Guatemala. 



Le iolop i sma cherr ie i lamprophol i s Taylor 



1956 Le iolop isma cherr ie i lamprophol is Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sc i . Bull., 3^: 287, ^'9^. 71"72. 

 Type-locality: Bataan, Limón, Costa Rica. 



Distribution: Northern and eastern Costa Rica. 



LEIOLOPISMA INCERTUM (Stuart) 



1940 Lygosoma incertum Stuart, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 421: 10. Type-locality: Volcán 



Tajumulco, Guatemala. 

 1946 Leiolopisma incertum — Smith, Herpetolog ica, 3= 111. 



Distribution: Moderate elevations on Pacific slopes of southwestern Guatemala, as well as Alta 

 Verapaz, Guatemala. 



