Family Anguidae 51 
Ophiodes striatus (SpPrx) 
Pygopus striatus Spx, Spec. Novae Lacert, Bras., 1825, p. 25 
“type locality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). 
Ophiodes striatus BOULENGER, Cat. Liz. British Mus., Vol. 2, 1885, 
p. 296. 
hice: Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil. 
Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt 
Ophiodes vertebralis BocourT, Miss. sci. Mex. et Amer. cent., 
1881, p. 459 (type locality, southern Brazil ad Uruguay). 
Rance: Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay). 
TEIIDAE (FAMILY) 
Genus Ameiva 
Meyer, Synops. Reptil., 1795, p. 27 (type species, 
americana—=ameiva) 
Ameiva ameiva ameiva (LINNAEUS) 
erta ameiva LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, 1758, p. 202 (type 
locality, Brazil). 
Ameiva ameiva ameiva BARBouR and Noste, Bull. Mus. Comp. 
Zool., Vol. 59, 1915, p. 462. 
Rance: Central and northern South America, except in the 
northwest portion. 
Ameiva ameiva laeta CoPE 
Ameiva laeta Corr, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 65 
(type locality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). 
meiva ameiva laeta BARBouR and Noste, Bull. Mus. Comp. 
Zool., Vol. 59, 1915, p. 467. 
Rance: Southern Brazil. 
Ameiva ameiva praesignis see AND GIRARD) 
Cnemidophorus praesignis BarrD and Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. 
Sci. Phila., 1852, p. 129 (type lost: Panama). 
Cneniidonhorns maculatus Fiscuer, Verhand]. Naturw. Ver. 
Hamburg, 1879, p. 95 (type locality, Sabana-larga, Colombia). 
Ameiva ameiva praesignis BARBOUR and NoBLE, Bull. Mus. Comp. 
Zool., Vol. 59, 1915, p. 468. 
Peace. ameiva maculata BaRBouR and Nose, Bull. Mus. Comp. 
Zool., Vol. 59, 1915, p. 467. 
Ameiva ameiva vogli Miitier, Zool. Anz., Vol. 83, 1929, p. 100 
(type locality, Barinas [Zamora], Venezuel a). 
RaNcE: Northwestern South America and Central America. 
