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LEPTOTYPHLOPS 



I FPTOTYPHLOPS MELANOTERMUS (Cope) 

 melanotermus group 



1Rft2 Stenostoma mpl anot erma Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1862: 350. Type-locality: Corrientes, 

 Argent i na. 



I876 Stenostoma flavifrons Weyenberqh. in Napp, Die Argent i n i sche Republik, Buenos Aires: l64. Type- 

 locality: Argentina. 



I853 Stenostoma melanostoma — Guntlier (in error for melanoterma Cope), Biol. Cent. Amer. , Rept.: 85. 



189? Stenostoma melanosterna — Boulenger (in error for melanoterma Cope), Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 1: 63. 



1545 Leptotyphlops striatula Smith and Laufe, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 58: 25, figs. A and B, and 

 pi. 5, figs. A and B. Type-locality: "Yamachi" = Yanacachi, Sur de Yungas, Bolivia. 



1564 L.[ eptotyphlops ] melanotermus — Ore jas-Miranda, Com. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, 8 (IO3): 4. 



Distribution: Extreme southern Peru, through Bolivia and northern Argentina to Santa Fe; possibly 

 western and southern Paraguay and southwestern Brazil. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS MELANURUS Schmidt and Walker 

 alb i f rons group 



1943 Leptotyphlops melanurus Schmidt and Walker, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 24: 3O3. Type- 

 locality: Chicl'n, Libertad, Peru. 



Distribution: Known only from type-locality. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS MUNOA I Ore jas-Mi randa 

 alb i f rons group 



1961 Leptotyphlops munoa i Ore jas-M i randa , Act. Biol. Venezuelica, 3: 85, figs. la-c. Type-locality: 

 Pozo Hondo, Tambores, Departamento de Tacuarembo, Uruguay. 



Distribution: Northern Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS NASALIS Taylor 

 septemstr ia tus group 



1940 Leptotyphlops nasalis Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sc i . Bull., 26: 535> text-fig. J. Type-locality: 

 Managua, Nicaragua. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



Comment: Dunn and Saxe, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 102, 155^, I6I, considered this a synonym 

 of Leptotyphlops ater , but this is rejected here. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS NICEFORI Dunn 

 alb i f rons group 



1546 Leptotyphlops nicefori Dunn, Caldasia, 4 (17): 121. Type-locality: Mogotes, Santander, Colombia, 

 1746 m. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS RUBROL I NEATUS (Werner) 

 tessela tus group 



1901 Glauconia albifrons rubrolineata Werner, Abh. Ber. Zool. Anthro. -Ethno. Mus. Dresden, 9 (2): 6. 

 Type-locality: Lima, Peru. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



Comment: This species has been considered a synonym of Leptotyphlops alb i f rons 

 by previous authors, but is restored here, reasons to be amplified elsewhere. 



