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24. LEIMADOPHIS SAGITTIFERA (Jan) 



Liopeltis sagittifer Jan, Elenco Sist., 1863, p. 82. 



Rhadinaea sagittifera Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1894, p. 165. 



Liophis sagittifer Peracca, Bol. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino, 1896, 



no. 11, pp. 3-4. 

 Rhadinaea modesta Koslowski, Revista Mus. LaPlata, vol. 7, 1896, p. 453. 

 Leimadophis sagittifer Amaral, Revista Mus. Paulista, vol. 14, 1924, pp. 



19-21. 



A revision of this species is found in Amaral's paper. 



Argentina. — 6 specimens, No. 12408 (2 specimens) from Buenos 

 Aires; No. 11387 collected in Mendoza by M. Sanchez; No. 52589 

 collected in Mendoza by C. S. Reed; No. 52967 collected in Mendoza 

 by R. Sanzin; No. 64130 collected in Mendoza by Dr. A. Wetmore. 



25. XENODON MERREMU (Wagler) 



Ophis merremii Wagler, in Spix, Species Novae Serp. Brasil., 1824, p. 47, 



pi. 17. 

 Xenodon merremii Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1894, p. 150. 



Brazil. — 1 specimen, No. 28948, collected in the Lower Amazon 

 by Mr. Steere. 



26. XENODON NEUWIEDn Guenther 



Xenodon neuwiedii Guenther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 12, 1863, 

 p. 354, pi. 5, fig. C. — Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1894, 

 p. 148. — Amaral, Revista Mus. Paulista, vol, 12, 1924, pp. 23-25. 



Xenodon hemileucurus Lutz and Mello, Folha Medica, March 16, 1920. 



Brazil.— 1 specimen. No. 39073, collected in Alto da Serra, Sao 

 Paulo and sent as X. severus by Dr. V. Brazil: sc. 21, v. 170, a. 1/1, 

 c. 68 p.; ventrals very obtusely angulate laterally; maxillary teeth 

 14 + 2. 



27. APOROPmS LINEATA (Unnaens) 



Coluber lineatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 221. 

 Aporophis lineatus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 22, 1885, p. 191. — 

 Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1894, p. 158. 



British Guiana. — 1 specimen. No. 12736, collected at Demerara 

 River by Mrs. L. Curtis. Common name "Orococo." 



28. APOROPmS TAENIURA (Tschudi) 



Liophis taeniurus Tschudi, Fauna Peruv., Herp., 1845, p. 51, pi. 5. 

 Liophis reginae, vars. albiventris and quadrilineata Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. 



Physiol., vol. 2, 1863, p. 294. 

 Aporophis taeniurus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 18, 1879, p. 277. — 



Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 1, 1908, p. 115. 

 Liophis taeniurus, L. albiventris Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 



p. 130. 



Ecuador. — 1 specimen, No. 62792, collected by F. W. Goding: 

 sc. 19, without pits, vent. 155, caud. 63 pairs, postoc. 2. Only 



