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APOSTOLEPIS 



APOSTOLEPIS AMBINIGER (Peters) 



1869 Rhynchonyx ambiniqer Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I865: 438, fig. 2. Type-locality: 



Paraguay. 

 I887 Rhynchonyx ambiniqer vittatus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. , 24: 56. Type-locality: Mato 



Grosso, Brazil. 

 1896 Apostolepis ambinigra — Boulenger (unjustified emendation). Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., J: 2J]. 

 1927 Apostolepis tenuis Ruthven, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 188: 1. Type-locality: Buena 



Vista, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. 



Distribution: Western Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. 



APOSTOLEPIS ASSIMILIS (Reinhardt) 



1861 Elapomorphus assimilis Reinhardt, Vid. Meddel. Naturh. For. Kjobenhavn, 1860: 235, pi. 4, figs. 



1-5. Type-locality: Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

 1896 Apostolepis assimilis- — Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 3= 234. 



Distribution: Central and southwestern Brazil, Argentinian Chaco. 



APOSTOLEPIS CEARENSIS Gomes 



191') Apostolepis cearensis Gomes, Ann. Paulistas Med. Cirurg., 4: 122, pi. 3, figs. 4-8. Type- 

 locality: Ceara, Brazil. 

 1925 Apostolepis amarali Werner. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 134: 62. Type-locality: unknown. 



Distribution: Northeastern Brazil. 



APOSTOLEPIS CORONATA (Sauvage) 



1877 Elapomorphus ( Elapomorphus ) coronatus Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom., (7) 1: 110. Type-locality: 



South America. 



1896 Apostolepis coronata — Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 3= 233- 



1903 Apostolepis Pymi Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 12: 353. Type-locality: Brazil. 



Distribution: Known only from Teresopolis, Estado de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



APOSTOLEPIS DORBIGNYI (Schlegel) 



1837 Calamaria d'Orbignyi Schlegel, Essai Physion. Serpens, 2: JO, Type-locality: Chile. 



1896 Apostolepis dorbignyi — Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus,, '): 236. 



Distribution: Southwestern Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia. 



APOSTOLEPIS ERYTHRONOTA (Peters) 



1880 Elapomorphus erythronotus Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1880: 222. Type-locality: SSo 



Paulo, Brazil. 

 1887 Apostolepis erythronotus lineatus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, 24: 56. Type-locality: Mato 



Grosso, Brazil. 



1897 Apostolepis niqriceps Werner. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. MiJnchen, 1857: 207. Type-locality: SSo Paulo, 



Brazil. 



Distribution: Central and southwestern Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay. 



APOSTOLEPIS FLAVOTOROUATA (Oumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) 



1854 Elapomorphus f lavo-torquatus Dumeri], Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., 8: 836. Type-locality: 



"Amerique Meridional". 

 I862 Apostolepis flavotorquata — Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., I86I: 524. 

 I869 Elapomorphus n i qrol i neatus Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I869: 43?. Type-locality: Given 



as "Guinea", but assumed by Peters to be South America. 

 1924 Apostolepis sanctae-ritae Werner. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, I33: 43. Type-locality: Santa Rita, 



Brazil. (Probably Santa Rita do Araguaia, Estado de Goias). 



Distribution: Central Brazil. 



