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DIPSAS 



DIPSAS LATIFASCIATA (Boulenger) 

 Pratt i group 



191^ Leptoqnathus lat if asc iatus Boulanger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (s) 12: 72. Type-locality: Upper 



Maraflon, Eastern Peru. 

 1960 Dipsas latifasciata — Peters, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 114: 100. 



Distribution: Amazonian slopes of Andes of northern Peru and extreme southern Ecuador. 



DIPSAS LATIFRONTALIS (Boulenger) 

 Pratt i group 



190') Leptoqnathus lat if rontal is Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 15= 561- Type-locality: 



Aricagua, Estado Merida, Venezuela, 1000 m. 

 1909 Leptoqnathus praeornata Werner, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, 26: 240. Type-locality: 



Venezuela. 

 1512 Leptoqnathus palmer i Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (s) 10: 422, Type-locality: El Topo, 



Rio Pastaza, Ecuador. 

 1960 Dipsas latifrontalig — Peters, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 114: IO3. 



Distribution: Lower Amazonian slopes from Venezuela to southern Ecuador. 



DIPSAS NEIVAI Amaral 

 indica group 



1926 Dipsas neivai Amaral. Arch. Mus. Nac. Brasil, 26: 14. Type-locality: Caratinga, Minas Geraes, 



Braz i 1. 

 1960 Dipsas neivai — Peters, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 114: 85. 



Distribution: Caratinga (Minas Geraes) and Catu (Bahia) Brazil. 



DIPSAS OREAS (Cope) 

 oreas group 



1868 Leptoqnathus oreas Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila. 1868: IO5. Type-locality: "From the 



elevated valley of Quito," Ecuador; locality questioned by Peters, Rev. Ecuat. Entom. Parasit., 

 2, 1955, 347- 



I856 Leptoqnathus andiana Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 3' *52. Type-locality: Quito, Ecuador; 

 (locality questioned by Peters, Rev. Ecuat. Entom. Parasit., 2, 1955> 3*7* 



1934 Dipsas mikanii oreas — Parker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (lO) 14: 27I. 



1960 Dipsas oreas- — Peters, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 114: 52. 



Distribution: Higher parts and western slopes of Ecuadorian Andes. 



DIPSAS PAVONINA Schlegel 

 catesby i group 



1837 Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, Essai Physion. Serpens, 2: 280. Type-locality: apparently from 



"Guyanes". 

 i960 Dipsas pavon i na — Peters, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 114; 61. 



Distribution: Guianas and Venezosla to Para, Brazil, and to Amazonian slopes of Andes; Colombia to 

 Bolivia on eastern slope. 



DIPSAS PERIJANENSIS Aleman, new combination 



1953 Tropidodipsas peri ianensis Aleman, Mem. Soc. Cien. Nat. La Salle, I3 (35): 217, fig. Type- 

 locality: Jamayau ja i na. Sierra de Perija, Estado Zulia, Venezuela, I7OO m. 



Distribution: Region of Perija, Zulia, Venezuela. 



