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LEIMADOPHIS 



Dorsum olive-green stippled with black on 

 borders of scales; no trace of light 

 transverse stripes; stippling occasionally 

 agglomerated into transverse or zig-zag 

 spott i ng D ictostr ia tus 



Not as above poec ilogyros 



Dorso verde olivaceo, con bordes de las 

 escamas negros; sin rastros de bandas 

 transversales claras; los puntos negros se 

 aglomeran a veces en manchas transversales 

 o en zig zag p ictostr ia tus 



No como el anterior poec i loqyrus 



8. Dorsum not brown with dark transverse bands 

 which tend to form into groups of three — 5 

 Dorsum brown with poorly marked dark trans- 

 verse bands, which tend to form groups of 

 three, posteriorly becoming three longitu- 

 dinal stripes separated by lighter stripe- 

 franc iscanus 



5. Dorsum not greenish-brown; no cream spot- 

 ting on dorsal scales; no black tips on 



scales 10 



Dorsum greenish-brown; cream-colored spots 

 on dorsal scales, some of which have black 

 ap ices i ntermed ius 



10. Dorsum not bottle-green with yellow spots in 



centers of scales 11 



Dorsum bottle-green, with yellow spots in 

 centers of scales, spots may be confluent 

 into transverse light bands with inter- 

 calated blocks of dark coloi platens is 



11. Dorsum with ol i ve ret iculat ions, and with 

 narrow black and white transverse bands 

 made up of white specks and black spots, 

 posteriorly forming a dark paraventral 

 stripe bordered above by a light stripe 



with a dark line on vertebral area 



men ta nus 



Not as above schott i i 



8. Dorso no pardo con bandas transversas oscu- 



ras que tienden a agruparse de a tres 5 



Dorso pardo con bandas transversas oscu- 

 ras debilmente marcadas que tienden a for- 

 mar grupos de tres hacia posterior que se 

 transforman en tres cintas long i tud I nales 

 separadas por cintas claras franc iscanus 



5. Dorso no pardo verdoso, escamas dorsales 



sin manchas crema, sin apices negros 10 



Dorso pardo verdoso; escamas dorsales con 

 manchas crema, algunas con apices negros — 

 i ntermed ius 



10, Dorso no verde botella con manchas amari- 



llas en el centre de las escamas 11 



Dorso verde botella, con manchas amarillas 

 en el centro de las escamas, las manchas 

 puede confluir en bandas transversales 

 claras intercaladas con bloques de 

 pigmento oscuro platens is 



11. Dorso olivaceo reticulado, con bandas 



transversales angostas blancas y negras 

 formadas por estrTas blancas y manchas ne- 

 gras que forman hacia posterior una cinta 

 oscura paraventral bordeada pop una cinta 

 clara con una ifnea oscura en la region 



vertebral montanus 



No como el anterior schott i i 



Le imadoph is poec i loqyrus poec i loqyrus (Wied) 



1544 L.l e imadoph i s j poec iloqyrus poec ilogyrus — Amaral, Pap. Avul. Oept. Zool. SSo Paulo, 5' 



Distribution: Espirito Santo to Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and SSo Paulo, Brazil. 



Le imadoph i s poec i loqyrus amazon icus Amaral 



1544 L.[ e imadoph i s J poecilooyrus amazonjcus Amaral, Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. SSo Paulo, 5: 81. 

 Type-locality: Probably Para, Brazil; not clearly stated as such. 



Distribution: Estados do Amazonas and Para, Brazil. 



Le imadoph i s poec i loqyrus franc i scanus Amaral 



1544 L.|_ e imadoph i sJ poec iloqyrus franc i scanus Amaral, Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 5' 80, 

 Type-locality: Pirapora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 



Distribution; Region of Rio Sao Francisco, in northern Minas Gerais, central and western 

 Bahia, Goias and southwestern Pernambuco, Brazil. 



Le imadoph i s poec iloqyrus i ntermed ius Amaral 



1544 L.| e imadoph is j poec iloqyrus i ntermedius Amaral, Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 5' 81. 



Type-locality: Goias, Brazil. 

 1^52 Leimadophis poeciloqyrus intermedius — Hoge, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 24 (2): 188. 



Distribution; Goias and Mato Grosso, Brazil. 



