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SCELOPORUS 



SCELOPORUS ACANTHINUS Bocourt 



1873 Sceleporus acathhinus Bocourt (erroneous spelling), Ann. Sc ! . Nat. Zool. Paris, (5) 17> ^'"t' 6 



bis: 24. Type-locality: San Agustín, Volcan Atltlán, Guatemala, 610 m. 



1874 Sceleporus acanthinus — Bocourt (corrected spelling). Miss. Sc i . Mex., Rept.: 180, pi. 18, figs. 



10-lOb, pi. 15, figs. 4-4a. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations from eastern Chiapas, Mexico to Guatemala and El 

 Salvador. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Two canthal scales acanth i nus 1. Dos escamas cantales acanth i ñus 



Single canthal scale lunae i Una sola escama cantal lunae i 



Sceleporus acanth i nus acanth i nus Bocourt 



I5I8 Sceloporus quentheri Stejneger, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 3I' 92- Type-locality; 



Mex Ico. 



1530 Sceloporus acanth i nurus Gadow (erroneous spelling of acanth inus ). Jorullo: 66. 



1535 Sceloporus acanthinus Smith, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 26: 7*> Pls. 6-7. 



1963 Sceloporus acanthinus acanthinus — Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 122: 70- 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations of Pacific slope from eastern Chiapas, Mexico to 

 El Salvador. 



Sceloporus acanth i nus lunae I Bocourt 



1873 Sceloporus lunael Bocourt, Ann. Sc I . Nat. Zool. Paris, (5) I7, art. 10: 1. Plateau of 



Guatemala, I5OO m. 

 1535 Sceloporus lunael — Smith, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 26: 63, pi. 5. 

 1963 Sceloporus acanthinus lunael — Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 122: 7O. 



Distribution: Moderate elevations from central through eastern Guatemala, to El 

 Salvador. 



SCELOPORUS CARINATUS Smith 



1936 Sceloporus carinatus Smith. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 45: 85, pi. 2, figs. 2-3. Type-locality: 

 Near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. 



Distribution: Headwaters of R'o Grijalva, from Chiapas, Mexico to headwaters of R'o Negro, 

 Guatemala. 



SCELOPORUS CHRYSOST ICTUS Cope 



1866 Sceloporus chrysost ictus Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc I . Phila., 1866: I25. Type-locality: Yucatán, 



Mex ico. 

 1939 Sceloporus chrysost ictus — Smith, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 26: 295, pi. 24. 



Distribution: Yucatán Peninsula south to central El Petin, Guatemala and northern British Honduras. 



SCELOPORUS LUNDELLI Smith 



19^9 Sceloporus lundelli Smith. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 26: 66, pi. 4. Type-locality: 

 Cohune Ridge, 20 ml SE of Benque Viejo, British Honduras. 



Distribution: Yucatán Peninsula to British Honduras and El Peten, Guatemala. 



Content: Two subspecies, one of which ( qa Igeae Smith) is extral im i tal. 



