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REPTILIA: SERPENTES : ANILIIDAE '^ ^ ^ ANILIUS 



ANILIUS Oken 



1811 Tortr i x Oppel (preoccupied by Tortr ix Denis and Sch if f ermuller, 1775)> Die Ordnungen, Famillen, 



und Gattungen der Reptilien: 55- Type-species: None indicated. 

 1816 An i 1 ius Oken, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3= 283. Type-species: Anqu i s scytale Linnaeus. 

 1820 Elys i a Hemprich (new name for Tortr ix Oppel, preoccupied by Elys ia Risso, 1818), Grundriss der 



Naturgeschichte, 1820: U5. 

 1820 Hel ison Goldfuss (new name for Tortr ix Oppel, I8II), Handbuch der Zoologie, 2: 146. 

 1823 I lys ia Lichtenstein (emendation of Elys i a Hemprich), Verzeichniss der Doubletten des Zoologischen 



Museums der Konigl. Universitat zu Berlin: 104. 

 182') Torquatr ix Haworth (new name for Tortr ix Oppel), Phil. Mag., 6$: table opposite p. 372' 

 I833 1 11 is i a Schinz (emendation of I lys ia Lichtenstein), Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der 



Reptilien: I3I. 

 1844 An i leus Agassiz (emendation of An i 1 i us Oken), Nomenclator i s Zoologici Index Universalis: 23. 



Distribution: As for single species. 



Content: One species. 



ANILIUS SCYTALE (Linnaeus) 



1758 Anquis Scytale Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 228. Type-locality: "Indiis". 

 I8I6 Anilius scytale — Oken, Lehrb. Naturgesch., 3: 283. 



Distribution: Guianas; northern Brazil; Venezuela; Amazonian drainage of Colombia, Ecuador and 

 Peru. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Ventrals fewer than 225; black bands 1. Ventrales menos de 225; bandas transversas 



broader than red phelpsorum negras mas anchas que las ro jas- phelpsorum 



Ventrals more than 225; black bands Ventrales mas de 225; bandas transversas 



narrower than red scytale negras mas angostas que las rojas — scytale 



An il ius scytale scytale (Linnaeus) 



1768 Angu i s annulata Laurenti, Synopsin Reptilium: 69. Type-locality: None given. 

 1768 Anqu i s fasc i ata Laurenti, Synopsin Reptilium: f^ . Type-locality: None given. 

 1768 Anqu i s caerulea Laurenti, Synopsin Reptilium: 71- Type-locality: Surinam. 

 1768 Anqu i s corall i na Laurenti, Synopsin Reptilium: fX. Type-locality: Brazil. 

 1768 Anqu i s atra Laurenti, Synopsin Reptilium: 71' Type-locality: Ceylon. 

 1958 A.[ nilii7s J scytale [ scytale ] — Roze, Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 2: 261. 



Distribution: Amazonian Peru, Ecuador and Colombia; northern Brazil; Guianas; southeastern 

 Venezuela . 



An i lius scytale phelpsorum Roze 



1958 Anilius scytale phelpsorum Roze, Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 2: 258. Type-locality: 

 Auyantepui, Estado Bol'var, Venezuela, 



Distribution: Eastern and southern Venezuela. 



