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LEPTOPHIS 



LEPTOPHIS CUPREUS (Cope) 



1868 Thrasops cupreus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1868: 106. Type-locality: From Napo and 



Maranon, Ecuador. 

 1560 Leptoph i s cupreus — Peters and Orcls, Beitr. Neotrop. Fauna, 2: 139- 



Distribution: Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador. 



LEPTOPHIS DEPRESSIROSTRIS (Cope) 



1861 P.f h i lothamnus ] depress irostr i s Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860: 557* Type-locality: 



Cocuyas de Veraguas, New Grenada; actually in Panama. 

 1872 Diplotropis bilineata Gunther. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 5: 24, pi. 6, fig. B. Type-locality: 



Costa Rica. 

 I876 Leptophis aeruqinosus Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 8 (I875): I32. Type-locality: 



Costa Rica. 

 1876 Leptophis saturatus Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 8(1875): I33. Type-locality: 



S i pur i o, Costa R i ca. 

 1S37 Leptophis depress i rostr i s — Gaige, Hartweg, and Stuart, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 357= !*• 

 1948 Thalerophis depress irostr i s — 01 i ver. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 92: 2O3, fig. 4. 



Distribution: Atlantic slopes of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; Pacific slopes of Colombia and 

 Ecuador. A questionable record from Peru. 



LEPTOPHIS MEXICANUS Dumlril, Bibron and Dumlril 



I854 Leptoph i s mex icanus Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., 7: 53^' Type-locality: Mexico. 

 Distribution: Southern Mexico from Veracruz and Oaxaca south to Costa Rica. 

 Content: Two subspecies, one of which ( yueatanens i s Oliver) is ex t pal i m i tal. 



Leptoph i s mex i canus mex icanus Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril 



I872 Ahaetulla modesta Gunther. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 5: 26, pi. 6, fig. C. Type-locality: 

 Rto Chisoy (= Chixoy or Negro), below town of Cubulco, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala. 



1342 Leptoph i s mex icanus mex icanus — Oliver, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Mich., 462: 10. 



1948 Thaleroph i s mex icanus mex icanus — Oliver, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., ')2: 211, figs. 4 

 and 7- 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations from Tamaulipas, Mexico, into Costa Rica (except 

 outer end of Yucatan Peninsula) on Caribbean slope and from Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 

 Mexico, into Guatemala along Pacific slope. 



LEPTOPHIS NEBULOSUS Oliver 



1942 Leptoph i s nebulosus Oliver, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 462: 12. Type-locality: 



Cariblanca, Costa Rica, 

 1948 Thalerophis nebulosus — Oliver, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 92: 217, fig. 4. 



Distribution: Patuca, Honduras, to Cariblanco, Costa Rica. 



LEPTOPHIS RIVETI Despax 



1910 Leptophis Riveti Despax. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, I9IO: 368. Type-locality: Gualaquiza, 



Ecuador, 73^^ "•• 

 1914 Leptoph i s brev i or Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1514: 8I5. Type^local i ty: Near Pena Lisa, 



Condoto, Choco, Colombia. 

 1348 Thalerophis r i vet i — 01 i ver , Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 92: 25O, figs. 4-5. 



Distribution: Higher altitudes to 5COO ft on both sides of Andes in Ecuador; Amazonian Peru; 

 western and north central Colombia; Panama. A single record from Trinidad. 



