ART. 24 SOUTH AMERICAN SNAKES AMARAL 5 



19. LEPTOPHIS UOCERCA (Berthold) 



Dendrophis liocercus Berthold, Abh. Ges. Wiss. Goettingen, vol. 3, 1847, 



p. 11. 

 Ahaetulla occidentalis Guenther, Proc. Zool. See. London, 1859, p. 412. 

 Leptophis occidentalis Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1894, 



p. 111. 



Ecuador. — 4 specimens, No. 12272, from Guayaquil; No. 12352, 

 collected in Guayaquil by F. N. Clark, and Nos. 14021 and 14039 

 collected by Dr. W. H. Jones. 



20. LEPTOPHIS RIVETI Despax 



Leptophis riveti Despax, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1910, p. 26. 



Ecuador. — 1 specimen: No. 62791, male, sc. 15, v. 138, a. 1, 

 c. 109 p., t. 12/1 1; dorsal scales strongly keeled but the outer row; 

 keels present from neck to tip of tail; bluish brown above, keels of 

 scales and sides of ventrals lighter; lips, chin, and throat yellowish. 



21. LEIMADOPHIS ' POECILGGYRA (Wied) 



Coluber poecilogyrus Wied, Abbild. Naturg. Brasil., 1824, p. 8. 

 Liophis poecilogyrus Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys., vol. 2, 1863, p. 291. — 

 Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1894, p. 131. 



Brazil. — 1 specimen, No. 11135, collected in Rio de Janeiro by 

 W. Harrison. 



Uruguay. — 3 specimens, Nos. 65550 and 65600, collected in 

 Minas by Dr. F. Felippone and No. 64119, collected in San Vicente, 

 Department Rocha, by A. Wetmore. 



22. LEIMADOPmS ALMADENSIS (Wagler) 



Matrix almadensis Wagler, in Spix, Species Novae Serp. Brazil., 1824, p. 



30, pi. 10, fig. 3. 

 Leiynadophis almadensis Fitzinger, Syst. Rept., 1843, p. 26. 

 Liophis almadensis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862, p. 78. — 



Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1894, p. 134. 



Paraguay. — 2 specimens. No. 12402, collected by the Paraguay 

 Expedition. 



23. LEIMADOPHIS BEGINAE (Linnaeus) 



Coluber reginae Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 219. 

 Liophis reginae Guenther, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., 1858, p. 46. — Bou- 

 lenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1894, p. 137. 



Brazil. — 1 specimen, No. 28945, collected in the Lower Amazon by 

 Mr. Steere. 



> The generic name Leimadophis Fitzinger, 18-13 (Syst. Rept., 1843, p. 26) must be reserved for those 

 species the type of which is almademis (genus Liophis in Boulenger's Catalogue) while the name Liophis 

 Fitzinger, 1843 (same reference) must be reserved for those species the type of which is cobella (genus Bha- 

 dinaea in Boulenger's Catalogue). 



