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ERYTHROLAMPRUS 



ERYTHROLAMPRUS AESCULAPI I (Linnaeus), continued 



I863 Ervthrolamprus Aesculapi i dicranta Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis., 2: 314. Type-locality: 



"Brasile, Bahia, Popayan". 

 186^ Erythrolamprus Aesculapi i confluentus Jan. Arcfi. Zool. Anat. Fis,, 2: 315. Type-locality. 



"Amer ica". 



Distribution: Amazonian South America to central Brazil and Bolivia; Tobago Island. 



Content: Five subspecies. 



Comment: None of the recent authors whi. I'dve recognized subspecies within this species has 

 discussed the proper subspecific allocation of the taxa listed above under the species name. 

 We are not able to assign them at this time. 



Key to the subspecies 



1. Body with complete blacl< rings 2 



Body without rings; 25-26 black dorsal 



spots, each with light center ocellatus 



2. Red interspaces less than three times as 



wide as black rings; no light band between 



eyes 3 



Red interspaces at least three times as 

 wide as black rings; light band between 

 eyes monozona 



3. Black rings in equidistant pairs i 



Black rings not in equidistant pairs, but 



forming groups of four, with wider red 



interspaces between such groups 



tetrazona 



A. Head light with dark band across eyes; red 

 interspaces equal in width to black bands- 

 aesculap i i 



Head black with light band between eyes; 



red space twice as wide as black rings 



venust i ss i mus 



Clave de subespecies 



1. Cuerpo con anillos negros completes 2 



Cuerpo sin anillos; 25-26 manchas negras 



dorsales con el centro claro ocellatus 



2. 1 nt erespac i OS rojos, entre anillos negros, 



menos de tres veces mas anchos que 

 aquellos; sin banda clara sobre los ojos-3 

 I nterespac i OS rojos, por lo menos tres 

 veces mas anchos que anillos negros; con 

 banda clara sobre los ojos monozona 



3. Anillos negros dispuestos en parejas que 



equidistan entre sf 4 



Parejas de anillos negros no equ I d istantes; 

 cada dos de ellas con mayor extension del 

 interespacio rojo entre sf tetrazona 



4. Cabeza clara con banda oscura atraves de 



los ojos; espacios rojos iguales a anillos 



negros aesculap i I 



Cabeza negra con banda clara atraves de los 

 ojos; espacios rojos dos veces mayores que 

 anillos negros venust i ss imus 



Erythrolamprus aesculap I i aesculap i i (Linnaeus) 



I863 Erythrolamprus Aesculap i i [ Aesculap i i j — Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis., 2: 31^' 

 Distribution: Amazonian South America. 



Ervthrolamprus aesculap i i monozona Jan 



I863 [ Erythrolamprus Aesculap i i j monozona Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis., 2: 312. Type-locality! 



"Bahia", (Brazil). 

 19^5 Erythrolamprus aesculap i I monozona — Machado, Bol. Inst. Vital Brazil, 5' 77» °"^ pl'» °'^^ 



fig. 



Distribution: Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



Ervthrolamprus aesculapi i ocellatus Peters 



1868 Erythrolamprus ocellatus Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868: 642. Type-locality: 



None g i ven. 

 1566 Erythrolamprus aesculap i I [ ocellatus j — Emsley, Copeia, I966: I29. 



Distribution: Trinidad and Tobago Island. 



