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REPTILIA: SERPENTES: ANOMALEPIDIDAE if * ANOMALEPIS 



ANOMALEPIS Jan 



I860 Anomalep i s Jan, Icon. Gen. Ophid., Livr. 1: pi. 5> ■f'9' 1; pl* 6, fig. 1. Type-species: 



Anomalep i s mex icanus Jan. 

 1853 Anomalolep i s Gunther (substitute name for Anomalep i s Jan), Biol. Cent. Amer., Rept.: 8], 



Distribution: Mexico through Central America to Peru and Ecuador. 



Content: Four species. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Head and tip of tail brown- 2 1. Cabeza y porcion terminal de la cola pardos 2 



Head and tip of tail yellowish white — Cabeza y porcion terminal de la cola bianco 



f lavap ices amar i llentos f la yap ices 



Dorsal scales at midbody in more than 22 rows; 2. Escamas dorsales en el medio cuerpo mas de 22 



more than 3OO dorsals from head to tip of filas; mas de 'jOO dorsales totales 3 



tail 3 Escamas dorsales en el medio cuerpo en 22 



Dorsal scales at midbody in 22 rows; less than filas; menos de 3''^ dorsales totales- 



300 dorsals from head to tip of tall- mex icanus 



mex icanus 



3. Escamas dorsales en el medio del cuerpo 24-26 



3. Dorsal scales at midbody in 24-26 rows; less filas; menos de 350 dorsales (32O-343) 



than 35'^ total dorsals {32O-343) aspinosus aspinosus 



Dorsal scales in 28 rows at midbody; total Escamas dorsales en el medio del cuerpo en 28 



dorsals 365 Colombia filas; dorsales totales 3^5 colomb ia 



ANOMALEPIS ASPINOSUS Taylor 



1939 Anomalepis aspinosus Taylor, Proc. New England Zool. Club, I7: 92, pi. 5, figs. 5-7. Type- 

 locality; Perico, Peru. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



ANOMALEPIS COLOMBIA Marx 



19*53 Anomalepis Colombia Marx. Fieldiana: Zool., 3*= 197- Type-locality: La Selva, Pueblo Rico, 

 Department of Caldas, Colombia. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



ANOMALEPIS FLAVAPICES Peters 



1957 Anomalepis flat/apices Peters, Amer. Mus. Novitates, I85I: 3- Type-locality: Esmeraldas, 

 Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador. 



Distribution: Lowlands of northwestern Ecuador. 



ANOMALEPIS MEX ICANUS Jan 



1861 Anomalep is mex icanus Jan, Icon. Gen. Ophid., Livr. 1: pi. 5> fig- 1> pl- 6, fig. 1. Type- 

 locality: Mexico. 



1939 Anomalepis dentatus Taylor. Proc. New England Zool. Club, I7: 9O, pi, 5, figs. I-3. Type-locality: 

 Barro Colorado, Canal Zone, Panama. 



Distribution: Known only from Mexico and Panama. 



