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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 AMPHISBAENA FULIGINOSA Linnaeus 



VOL. 78 



1758. Amphishaena fuUginosa Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1. p. 229 (t.vpe 

 locality, America). 



The specimens of Amphishaena fulig'mosa in the collection of the 

 United States National Museum mav be listed as follows : 



AMPHISBAENA PERICENSIS Noble 



vol. 29, p. 141 



1921. Amphisbacna pericensis Noble, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 

 (type locality, Perico, Peru). 



Peru. — Four specimens, Nos. 59926, 60057-58 and 75970, paratypes, 

 collected at Perico by G. K. Noble in 1916. 



AMPHISBAENA PLUMBEA Gray 



1872. Amphisbacna plumhca Gray, Cat. Shield Reptiles Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 

 p. 36 (type locality, Mendoza, Argentina). 



Argentina. — Two specimens, No. 52971, a topotype from Mendoza, 

 collected by Renato Sanzin in 1915, and No. 22764, received from 

 Museo de la Plata. 



AMPHISBAENA TOWNSENDI Stejneger 



1911. Amphishaena totvnscndi Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, p. 283 

 (type locality, Piura, Peru). 



A. pericensis resembles this species in coloration, number of p re- 

 anal pores, and in other ways, but apparently differs in having less 

 segments in a ring around the middle of the body (34 instead of 44) 

 and in having less rings on the body and tail (232 rings on the body 

 and 20-23 on the tail, instead of 276 rings on the body and 25 on 

 the tail). 



Pei^. — One specimen. No. 47087, the type, taken at Piura by C. H. 

 r. Townsend on jNIarch 14, 1911. 



AMPHISBAENA VERMICULARIS Spix 



1824. Amphishaena vennlcularis Spix, Spec. Nova Serp. Brasil., p. 73 (type 

 locality, Province of Bahia, Brazil). 



Brazil. — Two specimens, No. 6035, secured at Para by C. A. 

 Hapler. These examples differ in having a slightly higher scale 

 count than that listed by Boulenger (1885) for the species, namely: 



