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TEIUS 



TEIUS Merrem 



1820 Te j us Merrem, Tentamen Systemaiis Amph ibiorum: 60. Type-species: Teius viridis Merrem. 

 1826 Te jus Fitzinger, Heue Classification der Reptilian: 21. Type-species: Lacerta Tevou Daudin. 

 I83O Acrantus Wagler, Nat. Syst. Amphib.; 154. Type-species: Lacerta Teyou Daudin. 



Distribution: As for single known species. 



Content; One species. 



TEIUS TEYOU (Daudin) 



1802 Lacerta Teyou Daudin, Hist. Nat. Rept., 3: I55. Type-locality: Paraguay. 

 188*5 Teius teyou' — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 375. 



Distribution: Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay to Provincia Río Negro, Argentina. 



Content; Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies 



1. Belly blue 



Belly not blue' 



Clave de subespecies 



- cyanoqaster 1. Vientre azul- Cvanoqaster 



tevou Vientre no azul tevou 



Te jus teyou teyou (Daudin) 



1820 Teius viridis Merrem, Tentamen Systematis Amph i b ! orum: 60. Type-locality; South America. 

 I823 Am.[ e i va j Te iu Lichtenstein (emendation of teyou Daudin), Verzeichniss der Doubletten des 



Zoologischen Museums, Berlin; 51' 

 1847 Ame i va coelest i s Bibron, in D'Orbigny, Voyage dans I'Amerique meridionale. Reptiles: 2, pi, 



5, figs. 1-5. 

 1528 Teius teyou teyou — Miiller. Zool. Anz., 77: 69. 

 1560 Teius teyou tevou — Hellmich, Abh. Bayerische Akad. Wiss., Ma th. -Naturw iss. Kl., new ser., 



101; 79. 



Distribution: Eastern Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to southern Brazil. 



Te ius teyou cyanogaster Müller 



Type-locality: San José de 



1928 Te ius teyou cyanogaster Müller, Zool. Anz., 77' 



Ch i qu i tos. Bol i v ia. 

 i960 Te ius teyou cyanogaster — Hellmich, Abh. Bayerische Akad. Wiss., Math. -Naturw iss. Kl., 



new ser., 101: 75, pi. 2, figs. 5-6. 



Distribution: Southeastern Bolivia and adjacent Brazil, northwestern Argentina and 

 northern part of Paraguay. 



