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TROPIDURUS 



koepkeorum Mertens 



1956 Trop idurus occ i pi tal i s koepkeorum Mertens, Senckenberg iana Biol., 37' H?» P^' 1^, figs. 

 27-3O; pi. 17, fig. 32. Type-locality: Pariakoto, Departamento Ancash, Peru, 1600 m. 



Distribution: Olmos to Pariakoto, nortliwestern Peru. 



Trop i durus occ i p i tal i s stolzmann i Steindachner 



I85I Trop i durus Stolzmann i Steindachner, Ann. Naturiiist. Mus. Wien, 6: '}](>, Type-locality: 



Chota, Peru. 

 1956 Trop idurus occ ip i tal is stolzmann i — Mertens, Senckenberg iana Biol., 37- 119> pl' 17> figs. 



33-34. 



Distribution: Northwestern Peru and possibly southwestern Ecuador. 



TROPIDURUS PERUVIANOS (Lesson) 



1826 Stellio peruvianus Lesson, in Duperrey, Voy. "Coquille", Reptiles, $: pi. 2, fig. 2; 2 (l) 



I83O: 40. Type-locality: Callao and Payta, Peru. 

 I885 Trop i durus peruv ianus — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: I74. 



Distribution: South America west of Andes from southern Ecuador to northern Chile. 



Content: Nine subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies 



1. Snout rounded 2 



Snout acutely pointed a tacamens i s 



2. With irregular dorsal spotting 3 



With four black bands dorsally 



quadr i vi ttatus 



3. Adpressed hind limb reaches beyond ear 4 



Adpressed hind limb reaches shouldei 



araucanus 



4. Guiar and pectoral regions lack transverse 



str i pes 5 



Guiar and pectoral regions with transverse 

 str i pes 7 



5. Pectoral region not black; body not 



melan ist ic 6 



Pectoral region black; body melanistic 



sal in icola 



Clave de subespecies 



Hocico de extremo redondeado 2 



Hocico de extremo aguzado atacamens is 



Con manchas dorsales irregulares 3 



Con cuatro bandas negras dorsales 



quadr i v i ttatus 



Extremidad posterior hacia delante sobre- 

 pasa el oído 4 



Extremidad posterior hacia delante alcanza 

 el hombro araucanus 



Región guiar y pectoral sin cintas trans- 

 versales 5 



Región guiar y pectoral con cintas trans- 

 versales 7 



Reglón pectoral no negra; cuerpo no 

 melán ico 6 



Región pectoral negra; cuerpo melánico 



sal In Icola 



6. With low dorsal crest heterolep i s 



Lacking dorsal crest mar ianus 



7. Guiar stripes continuous 8 



Guiar stripes formed by row of small, light 



bordered spots 1 i qr is 



8. Guiar stripes bordered by small, multi- 



colored spots; lacking spot in groin 



mami nens is 



Guiar stripes not bordered by multicolored 

 spots; with spot In groin peruv ianus 



Con cresta dorsal baja- 

 Sin cresta dorsal 



- heterolep is 

 mar ianus 



Cintas guiares continuas 8 



Cintas guiares formadas por hileras de 

 pequeñas manchas bordeadas de claro- t i gris 



Cintas guiares bordeadas por manchitas 



multicolores; sin mancha inguinal 



mam i nens i s 



Cintas guiares no bordeadas por manchitas 



multicolores; con mancha inguinal 



peruv ianus 



