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LEPTOTYPHLOPS 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS ALBIPUNCTA (jan) 

 melanotermus group 



1861 Stenostoma alb i f rons var. alb i puncta Jan, Icon. Gen. Ophid., Livr. 2: pi. 5> ^'"j' !*• Type- 

 locality: Tucuman, Argentina. 



Distribution: Known only from type specimen. 



Comment: Earlier authors have regarded this as synonymous with Leptotyphlops alb i f rons 

 but reasons for its recognition here will be published elsewhere. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS ANTHRACINUS Ba i ley 

 dulc i s group 



15''6 Leptotyphlops anthrac i nus Bailey, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 4^2: 1. Type-locality: 



Bafios, Provincia Pastaza, Ecuador. 

 1567 Leptotyphlops anthrac i nus — Ore jas-Mi randa, Atas Simp. Biota Amaz., 5' 432. 



Distribution: Bancs and Abituagua in eastern lowlands of Ecuador, and one record from Balzapamba, 

 in western Ecuadorian lowlands. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS AUSTRALIS Freiberg and Ore jas-MI randa 

 alb if rons group 



1568 Leptotyphlops austral i s Frieberg and Ore jas-Mi randa, Physis, Soc. Arg. Cien. Nat., 28: 145, figs. 

 1-2. Type-locality: Valcheta, Rfo Negro, Argentina. 



Distribution: Rio Negro to Cordoba, Argentina. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS BORRICHIANUS (Degerb?.l) 

 septemstr i atus group 



1523 Glauconia borrichiana Degerb^l, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn, ](>: 113. Type- 

 locality: Santa Ros^, Mendoza, Argentina. 

 1525 Leptotyphlops borr i ch iana — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 135' 

 1551 Leptotyphlops borrichiana — Freiberg, Physis, Rev. Asoc. Arg. Cien. Nat., 20: 255» f'gs. 1-2. 



Distribution: Mendoza to R'o Negro, western Argentina. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS BRAS IL I ENS IS Laurent 

 septemstr i a tus group 



1519 Leptotyphlops brasil iensis Laurent, Bull. Inst. Roy. Sc i . Nat. Belgique, 2$ (9): 4, figs. ]-'). 

 Type-locality: Brazil. 



Distribution: Known from type specimen and another from Barrieras, Bahia, Brazil. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS BREVISSIMUS Shreve 

 dulc is group 



156^ Leptotyphlops brev i ss i ma Shreve, Breviora, Mus. Comp. Zool., 211: 1. Type-locality: Florencia, 



Caqueta, Colombia. 

 1567 Leptotyphlops brevi ssima — Ore jas-M i randa, Atas Simp. Biota Amaz., J: 433. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 

 LEPTOTYPHLOPS CUPINENSIS Bailey and Carvalho 



septemstr iatus group 



19^6 Leptotyphlops cupi nensi s Bailey and Carvalho, Bol. Mus. Nac. Brazil, Nova Ser., Zool., 52: 1, 



figs. I-3. Type-locality: Rio Tapirape (tributary of Rio Araguaia), Mato Grosso, Brazil. 

 1*^66 Leptotyphlops cupinensis — Ore jas-Miranda, Com. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, 9 (IO8): 1. 



Distribution: Known from type locality and Serra do Navio, Amapa, Brazil. 



