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REPTILIA: SAURlA: IGUANIDAE * * "^ URANOSCODON 



URANOSCODQN Kaup 



1811 Lophyrus Oppel (preoccupied by Lophyrus Poli, 175l)> Ordnungen, Familien, und Gattungen der 



Reptilien: 27. Type-species: Lacerta supere i 1 i osa Linnaeus. 

 I825 Uranoscodon Kaup, Isis von Oken, I6: ^')0. Type-spec Íes: Lacerta supere i 1 iosa Linnaeus. 

 I825 Opliryessa Boie, Isis von Oken, I7: IO5O. Type-spec Íes: Lacerta supere i 1 i osa Linnaeus. 

 I825 Uran iscodon Boie (emendation of Uranoscodon Kaup), Isis von Oken, I7: IO5O. 

 I827 Lophyrus Gray (not Lophyrus Oppel, 1811; substitute name for Uranoscodon Kaup), Phil. Mag., 2: 



208. 

 I827 Uranascodon Gray (in error for Uranoscodon Kaup), Phil. Mag., 2: 208. 

 1827 Ophryesa Gray (in error for Ophrvessa Boie), Phil. Mag., 2: 208. 



1830 Ophryoessa Wagler (emendation of Ophryessa Boie), Nat. Syst. Amph.: 145- 



1831 Ophyessa Gray (emendation of Ophryessa Boie), Synopsis Species Class Reptilia, in Griffith, 



Cuvier's Animal Kingdom^ 5: 35. 

 I83I X i phura Gray, Synopsis Species Class Reptilia, in Griffith, Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 9: 33, Type- 

 species; Lacerta supere i 1 i osa Linnaeus. 



Distribution: As for single known species. 



Content: One species. 



URANOSCODON SUPERO I L I OSA (Linnaeus) 



1758 Lacerta supere i 1 iosa Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 200. Type-locality: "Indi is". 

 1802 Aqama stellaris Daudin. Hist. Nat. Rept., 3: 404. Type-locality: "Batavia", from Seba, 



Thesaurus, 1, 1734-65, pi. 92, fig. 2. 

 I825 Lophyrus xiphosurus Spix, Spec. Nov. Lac. Bras.: '), pi. 10. Type-locality: Solimoens, Brazil. 

 I825 Lophyrus auron i tens Spix, Spec. Nov. Lac. Bras.: 12, pi. 13a. Type-locality: In humid areas on 



banks of Rio Amazon, Brazil. 

 I825 Uranoscodon supere i 1 i osa — Kaup, Isis von Oken, I6: 59^' 

 I885 Ophryoessa supere i 1 iosa — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: 111. 



Distribution: Northeastern South America. 



