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REPTILlA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE * * "^ * DIAPHOROLEPIS 



DIAPHOROLEPIS Jan 



I863 D iaphorolep i s Jan, Elenco Sistema Of idi: 5^. Type-species: D iaphorolep i s Wagneri Jan. 

 Distribution: Panama to Ecuador. 

 Content: Two species, according to most recent revision, by Bogert, Senckenberg iana Biol., 45, 1964. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Dorsal scales keeled; vertebral row 1. Escamas dorsales quilladas; fila vertebral 



b icar ina te wagner i b icarenada wagner i 



Dorsal scales smooth laev is Escamas dorsales lisas laev is 



DIAPHOROLEPIS LAEVIS Werner 



1923 Diaphorolepis laevis Werner, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 36= I6O. Type-locality: Colombia. 

 Distribution: Species still known only from holotype, which lacks precise locality data. 



DIAPHOROLEPIS WAGNERI Jan 



I863 D iaphorolep is Wagner i Jan, Elenco Sistema Of idi: 98. Type-locality: Andes of Ecuador. 

 1964 Diaphorolep is wagneri — Bogert, Senckenberg iana Biol., 45: 513> figs- 1, 3-7- 



Distribution; Darien region of Panama to western Ecuador; one doubtful record from "Eastern Ecuador." 



