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LEIMADOPHIS 



LEIMADQPHIS OLIGOLEPIS (Boulenger) 



1505 L iophi s ol iqolepi s Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 15' ^55- Type-locality: igape-Assu, 



Para, Brazil. 

 1525 Le imadoph i s ol i golep i s — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 86. 



Distribution: Estado do Para, Brazil. 



LEIMADOPHIS POECILOGYRUS (Wied) 



?1823 (i,[Biub£r] alternans L ichtenstein, Verzeichn i ss der Doubletten Des Zoologischen Museums, Berlin: 

 104. Tvpe-iocality: Brazil. , ^-,, t 1 i-* 



1825 C.[ oluber] poecilogyrus Wied. BeitrSge zur Na turgesch ichte von Brasilien, 1: 37I. Type-locality: 

 Barra de Jucu, Rio Espirito Santo, Brazil. . 



1825 C.[ oluber] doliatus Wied. Beitrage zur Naturgesch ichte von Brasilien, 1: 368. Type-locality: 

 Barra de Jucij, Rio Espirito Santo, Brazil. 



1860 [ l ioph is Merremi i ] van. sublineatus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i , Phila., 1860: 252. Type-locality: 



Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

 1866 L.[ i oph is ] req inae var. v i r id icyanea Jan, Icon. Gen. Ophid., livr. 18: pi. 2, fig. 1. 



Type-locality: Parana, Brazil. 

 1909 Rhadinaea praeornata Werner. Jahrb. Ver, Naturl<. Stuttgart, 65: 58. Type-locality: Central 



Brazil. 

 1927 [ le imadoph i s j poeci loqyrus — Amaral, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 15: JS, 



Distribution: Argentina and Uruguay north to Amazonian Brazil and Ecuador. 

 Content: Twelve subspecies. 



Comment: Amaral did not mention any of the synonyms listed above in his review of variation in this 

 taxon (Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. SSo Paulo, 5> l?*'*)* and further study will be necessary to deter- 

 mine the proper place of each within the system. All are listed as synonyms of poeciloqvrus by 

 Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 2, 1894, I3I. 



Key to the subspecies 



1. Belly without spots 2 



Belly spotted 4 



2. Not as below 3 



Dorsum pinkish-brown with very fine reticu- 

 lation, usually lacking bands or stripes-.- 

 p i net i ncola 



3. Dorsum uniform brown or with numerous 



transverse dark bands resulting from 

 fusion of dark spotting, or, occasionally, 

 a zig-zag pattern formed of elongated and 



fused spots subf asc i atus 



Not as above ret iculatus 



4. Head uniformly colored 5 



Head with spots or markings 8 



5. Dorsum not reddish-brown with black spot- 



ting on scales 6 



Dorsum reddish-brown with black spotting on 

 scales amazon icus 



6. Dorsum not olive-brown with faint traces of 



dark bands 7 



Dorsum olive-brown with faint traces of 

 dark bands xeroph i lus 



Clave de subespecies 



1. Vientre sin manchas 2 



Vientre manchado 4 



2. No como el siguiente 3 



Dorso rosado-parduzco con retfculo muy 



fino, usualmente sin bandas estrias 



p i net i ncola 



3* Dorso pardo uniforme o con numerosas bandas 

 transversales oscuras que resultan de la 

 fusion de manchas oscuras, y ocasional- 

 mente un dibujo en zig-zag formado por 



manchas alargadas y fusionadas 



subfasc iatus 



No como el anterioi ret iculatus 



4. Cabeza de color uniforme 



Cabeza con manchas marcas- 



5. Dorso no pardo rojizo, sin manchas negras 



en escamas 6 



Dorso pardo rojizo con manchas negras en 

 escamas amazon icus 



6. Dorso no pardo olivaceo con debiles trazas 



de bandas oscuras 7 



Dorso pardo olivaceo con debiles trazas de 

 bandas oscuras xeroph i lus 



