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REPULÍA: SAURIA: SCINCIDAE -^ MABUYA 



MABUYA Fitzinger 



1826 Mabuya Fitzinger, Neue Classification der Reptllien: 2J. Type-species: Mabuya domin icensis 



Fitzinger, = Mabuya mabouya (lacépede). 

 1826 Spondylurus Fitzinger. Neue Classification der Reptilien: 23. Type-species: Scincus sloani 



Daudin. 

 I83O Euprep is Wagler, Nat. Syst. Amph. : l62. Type-species: Lacerta punctata Linnaeus. 



1834 Euprepes Wiegmann (substitute name for Euprep is Wagler), Herpetologia Mexicana: 11. 



1835 Mabouya Oumeril and Bibron (substitute name for Mabuya Fitzinger), Erp. Gen., 5' 575 (first page 



on which emendation is used; repeated throughout Scincid synonymies). 

 I835 Her i n ia Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (l) 2: 332» Type-species: Herinia capensis Gray. 

 I843 Trachylep is Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: 22. Type-species: Euprepes savi any i Duméril and 



Bi bron. 

 I843 Eutrop is Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: 22. Type-species: Euprepes Sebae Duméril and Bibron. 

 1843 Oxytropis Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: 22. Type-species: Euprepes Merremi i Oumeril and Bibron. 

 1845 Herem i tes Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: 113» Type-species: Sc i ncus v i ttatus Oliver. 

 I845 Copeoqlossum Tschudi, Arch, fur Naturg., 11: l62. Type-species: Copeoqlossum c inctum Tschudi. 

 1845 Xystrolep i s Tschudi, Arch, fur Naturg., 11: 162. Type-species: Trachylep is ( Xystrolep is ) 



punctata Tschudi. 

 184 5 Ch ion i n ia Gray, Cat. Liz. Br it. Mus.: II6. Type-spec ies: Euprepes Delaland i i Dumér i 1 and 



R ihr-nn. 



Distribution: Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia; Mexico through South America excluding only 

 Chile; Antilles. 



Content: About 85 species, only nine of which occur within limits of this work. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Auditory denticles absent; dorsal scales not 1. DentTculos auditorios ausentes; escamas dor- 



keeled; stripes present or absent on bo^-y 2 sales no guilladas; cintas longitudinales 



Auditory denticles present; dorsal scales presentes o ausentes 2 



keeled; all stripes absent maculata Dentículos auditorios presente; escamas dor- 

 sales guilladas; cintas ausentes maculata 



2. One frontoparietal 3 2. Un frontoparietal 3 



Two f ron topar i etals 4 Dos fr on topar i e tal es 4 



3. Prefrontals separated f renata 3" Prefrontales separados f renata 



Prefrontals in contact n i qropalmata Prefrontales en contacto n i qropalmata 



4. Distance from snout to eye less than half of 4. Distancia ojo-hocico menos que la mitad del 



head length 5 largo de la cabeza 5 



Distance from snout to eye as long as, or Distancia ojo-hocico de igual o mayor longitud 



longer than, half of head length que la mitad del largo de la cabeza 



- macrorhyncha macrorhyncha 



5. Extremidades en oposición no se cruzan a los 



5. Adpressed limbs not overlapping 6 ;iados <jel cuerpo 6 



At least digits of adpressed limbs over- Extremidades en oposición, al menos los 



lapping 8 digitos se cruzan 8 



6. Dorsum with longitudinal stripes 7 6. Dorso con cintas longitudinales 7 



Dorsum without longitudinal stripes, present Dorso medianamente sin cintas longitudinales, 



only on sides brachypoda sólo presentes en los lados brachypoda 



7. Dorsal scales grooved; six dark body ]. Escamas dorsales surcadas; seis cintas oscuras 



stripes heath i corporales heath i 



Dorsal scales not grooved; nine or ten dark Escamas dorsales no surcadas; nueve a diez 

 body stripes quapor icola cintas oscuras corporales quapor icola 



