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5. Subcaudals 78-52 in mal 

 ventrals 202-212 in ma 

 apical scale pits pair 

 teeth 13-1^; middorsal 



normal 



Subcaudals 60-82 in mal 

 ventrals 185-208 in ma 

 apical pits often lack 

 pits centrally located 

 sent; solid maxillary 

 row frequently widened 

 posterior reduction fr 

 common; head scales fr 

 absence of loreal, few 

 2+3 temporals 



es, 70*81 in females; 



les, 216-228 in females; 



ed; sol i d max i llary 

 row and head scales 

 scytal i na 



es, 56-78 in females; 



les, 202-223 in females; 



ing, but numerous tiny 

 on scale usually pre- 



teeth 11-13; middorsal 



; also anterior or 



om 17 dorsal rows 



equently reduced by 



er than 1+2 oculars, or 

 equa tor i ana 



5. Subca 

 vent 

 228; 

 lare 

 plac 

 Subca 

 vent 

 223, 

 au nq 

 d i m i 

 d ien 

 dors 

 comu 

 i or 

 men t 

 de 1 



udale 

 rales 



hoyu 

 s sin 

 as de 

 udale 

 rales 



free 

 ue us 

 nutos 

 tes m 

 al fr 

 n red 

 y ant 

 e red 

 +2 oc 



s en 



en 

 elos 



can 



la 

 60 



185 

 uent 

 ua Im 



sit 

 ax i 1 

 ecue 

 ucc 

 er i 

 uc i d 

 ular 



mac 

 mach 



ap i 

 al 1 

 cabe 



82 



208 

 emen 

 ente 

 uado 

 ares 

 n t em 

 on di 



P 

 as p 



es 



hos 7 

 OS 20 

 cales 

 3-14; 

 za no 

 en ma 



en m 

 te si 



hay 

 s en 



s i n 

 ente 

 e 17 

 lacas 

 or au 



2+3 



92 

 2-21 

 par 

 f il 

 rmal 

 chos 

 acho 

 n ho 

 nume 

 el c 

 cana 

 ensa 

 f ila 

 cef 

 senc 

 temp 



, en hem 

 2, en he 

 es; d i en 

 a mediod 

 es 



, en hem 

 s, en he 

 yuelos a 

 rosos ho 

 entro de 



1 11-13; 



nchada; 

 s dorsal 

 al i cas f 

 ia de lo 

 orales — 



bras 7O-8I; 

 mbras 216- 

 tes max i- 

 orsal y 



scytal i na 

 bras 56-78; 

 mbras 202- 

 p icales, 

 yuelos 



la escama; 



f i la medi 0- 

 tambien es 

 es poster- 

 recuente- 

 real, menos 



equator iana 



CLEL IA BICOLOR (Peracca), new combination 

 b icolor group 



1504 Oxyrhopus b icolor Peracca, Rev. Suisse Zool., 12: 667. Type-locality: Morth of Santa Fe, 

 Argent i na. 



Distribution: Southern Mato Grosso, Brazil, south to San Luis and Santa Fe, Argentina. An old 

 specimen from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, may be an error. 



CLELIA CLELIA (Oaudin) 

 del ia group 



I8O3 Coluber del ia Daud i n. Hist. Nat. Rept., 6: 33O, pi. 78. Type-locality: Surinam. 

 1826 [ Clelia del ia ]— Fi tz inger. Neue Classification der Reptilien: 3I. 



Distribution: AH of Central America to northwestern Ecuador west of Andes and to northern Argentina 

 east of Andes. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies 



1. Hemipenis lacks spines; loreal frequently 



minute or absent plumbea 



Hemipenis spinose; loreal seldom abnormal — 

 clelia 



Clave de subespecies 



1, Hemipenis sin esQinas; loreal frecuente- 



mente muy pequena ausente plumbea 



Hemipenis espinosos; loreal raramente 

 anormal del ia 



Clel ia clelia clelia ( Daud i n) 



1826 C.l lei ia j Daud i n i i Fitzinger (substitute name for Coluber clel ia Daudin), Neue 



Classification der Reptilien: 55* 

 1944 Clelia clel ia clel ia Dunn, Caldasia, 3 (l2): 201. 

 1965 Clelia clelia qroomei Greer, Breviora, 223: 1, fig, la-c. Type-locality: Beausejour, 



Grenada Island, Lesser Antilles. 



Distribution: Guatemala and British Honduras to northwestern Ecuador west of Andes, and to 

 Uruguay and northern Argentina east of Andes, 



Clel ia clelia plumbea (Wied), new combination 



1820 Coluber plumbeus Wied, Reise nach Brasilien, 1: 25. Type-locality: Between Cabo Frio and 

 Rio S3o Joao, Brazil. 



Distribution: Mouth of Rio Amazonas to Maranhao and forested areas from Espirito Santo to 

 Santa Catarina, southeastern Brazil, and Misiones, Argentina. 



