TERMS OF USE This pdf is provided by Magnolia Press for private/research use. Commercial sale or deposition in a public library or website is prohibited. Zootaxa 3459: 1–156 (2012) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2012 · Magnolia Press Monograph ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:457C2AD0-E5CF-4A41-B6CB-11722700BC5F ZOOTAXA 3459 Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata) MICHAEL B. HARVEY1, GABRIEL N. UGUETO2 & RONALD L. GUTBERLET, Jr.3 1Department of Biological Sciences, Broward College, Davie, FL 33314, USA, [email protected] 211111 Biscayne Boulevard, #556; Miami, FL 33181, USA, [email protected] 3Department of Biological Sciences, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD 21801, USA, [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by S. Carranza: 4 Jul. 2012; published: 7 Sept. 2012 TERMS OF USE This pdf is provided by Magnolia Press for private/research use. Commercial sale or deposition in a public library or website is prohibited. MICHAEL B. HARVEY, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, & RONALD L. GUTBERLET, JR. Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata) ( Zootaxa 3459) 156 pp.; 30 cm. 7 Sept. 2012 ISBN 978-1-86977-987-0 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-988-7 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2012 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ © 2012 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 3459 © 2012 Magnolia Press HARVEY TERMS OF USE This pdf is provided by Magnolia Press for private/research use. Commercial sale or deposition in a public library or website is prohibited. Table of contents Abstract . 4 Introduction . 4 Material and Methods . 5 Review of Teiid Morphology and Synopsis of Characters . 6 Morphometrics . 6 Teeth . 7 Eye . 7 Cephalic Roofing Scales . 8 Nasal and Loreal Regions . 14 Ocular Series . 16 Auditory Region . 21 Labial Series and Chin . 22 Axial Scalation . 27 Appendicular Scalation . 37 Scale Surface Morphology and Generation Glands . 49 Coloration . 52 Hemipenis . 59 Other Characters . 67 Polyphyly of Tupinambis and Status of Salvator . 69 Generic Boundaries within Cnemidophorus . 71 Generic Boundaries within Ameiva . 74 Phylogeny of Teiid Genera . 76 Revised Taxonomy of Extant Teiidae . 77 Callopistinae New Subfamily . 77 Callopistes Gravenhorst . 78 Teiinae Estes, de Queiroz, and Gauthier . 80 Ameiva Meyer . 80 Ameiva ameiva Group . 88 Ameiva bifrontata Group . 89 Ameiva dorsalis Group . 89 Ameiva erythrocephala Group . 92 Ameiva Incertae Sedis . 93 Ameivula New Genus . 93 Aspidoscelis Fitzinger . 99 Aurivela New Genus . 99 Cnemidophorus Wagler . 102 Cnemidophorus lemniscatus Group . 109 Cnemidophorus murinus Group . ..