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REPTILIA: SERPENTES: ANOMALEPIDIDAE ^^ HELMINTHOPHIS 



H .LMINTHOPHIS Peters 



1860 Helm i nthoph i s Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 5I8. Type-species: Typhlops 



( Helm i nthoph i s ) frontal i s Peters. 



1861 I d i otyphlops Jan, ArcFi. fur Naturg., 2]: 6. Type-species: Typhlops f lavoterm i natus Peters. 



Distribution: Central America, northern and central South America. 



Content: Three species, according to most recent review, by Dunn, Caldasia, 3, 19*^, ''7- 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Body scales in 20 rows praeocular i s 1. Escamas del cuerpo en 20 hileras praeocular i s 



Body scales in 22 rows frontal i s Escamas del cuerpo en 22 hileras frontal i s 



Body scales in 24 rows f lavoterm i natus Escamas del cuerpo en 24 hileras 



f lavoterm i natus 



HELMINTHOPHIS FLAVOTERMI NATUS (Pelers) 



1857 Typhlops f lavoterm inatus Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1857: 402. Type-locality: Caracas, 



Venezuela. 

 I873 Helm i nthoph i s f lavoterm i natus — Socage, Jour. Sc i . Math. Phys. Nat. Acad. Lisbon, 4: 252, 



Distribution: Venezuela and Colombia, 



HELMINTHOPHIS FRONTALIS (Peters) 



1860 Typhlops ( Helminthophis ) frontal is Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 517, pi., figs. 1-lc. 



Type-locality: Costa Rica. 

 1881 H.[ elm inthoph i s j frontal is — Peters, Sitz. Ges. Naturforsch. (-reunde Berlin, 1881: 65. 



Distribution: Costa Rica. 



HELMINTHOPHIS PRAEOCULARIS Amaral 



1924 Helm inthoph is praeocular i s Amaral, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 9: 28. Type-locality: Honda, 



upper valley of R'o Magdalena, Colombia. 

 19** Helm inthoph i s praeocular is — Dunn, Caldasia, '): 47, figs. 1-2. 



Distribution: Interandean area of northern Colombia, in Tolima, Santander and Norte de Santander, 

 from 200 to 1200 m. 



