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REPTILIA: SERPENTES : COLUBRIDAE "^ "^ '^ CYCLAGRAS 



CVCLAGRAS Cope 



188S Cyclaqras Cope. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 22: I85. Type-species: Xenodon qiqas Dumeril. Bibron 

 and Dumeril. 



Distribution: As for single species. 



Content: One species. 



Comment: Hoge, Pap. Avul. Dept. Zool. Sao Paulo, I3, 1558, 221, has used Le josophis Jan for this 

 taxon. Reasons for using Cyclaqras in preference to Le josoph is are elaborated in a paper by one 

 of us (Peters) to appear elsewhere. 



CYCLAGRAS GIGAS (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) 



I854 Xenodon qiqas Dumeril. Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., 7: 761' Type-locality; Provincia de 



Corrientes, Argentina. 

 I885 Cyclaqras qiqas — Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 22: I85. 



Distribution: Southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina. 



