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LEPTOTYPHLOPS 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS RUFIDORSUS Taylor 

 alb i f rons group 



1540 Leptotyphlops ruf i dorsum Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sc i . Bull., 26: 533> text-fig. 2. Type-locality: 



Lima, Peru. 

 1543 Leptotyphlops ruf idorsus — Schmidt and Walker, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 24: 3O2. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality and Chicl'n, Libertad, Peru. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS SALGUEIROI Amaral 

 dulc i s group 



iqS'S Leptotyphlops salqueiroi Amaral. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 26 (155")' 203, figs. I-3. Type-locality: 

 I ta, Espirito Santo, Brazil 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS SEPTEMSTR I ATUS (Schneider) 

 septemstr ia tus group 



1801 [ Typhlops J Septemstr ia tus Schneider, Hist. Amphib., 2: 3^1' Type-locality: Unknown. 

 1525 Leptotyphlops Sep temstr ia tus — Mertens, Senckenberg iana, 7: 78. 

 ?153^ Leptotyphlos ta tacua . Br i ceno-Ross i , Bol. Min. Salub. Agri. Cr'a, Venezuela, 1: II33. Type- 

 locality: RTo de Oro, Distrito Colon, Estado Zulia, Venezuela. 

 1567 Leptotyphlops septemstr iatus — Ore jas-Mi randa, Atas Simp. Biota Amaz., 5= 426. 



Distribution: Northern Brazil, Guiana and southeastern Venezuela. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS SUBCROTILLUS Klauber 

 alb i f rons group 



1939 Leptotyphlops subcrotilla Klauber, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., '): 6I, figs. 2a-b. Type- 

 locality: Grau Tombes, northern Peru; in error, according to Schmidt and Walker, Zool. Ser. 

 Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 24, 1943, 3O3, who correct it to Grau, Tumbez, Peru. 



1943 Leptotyphlops subcrot i llus — Schm i dt and Walker, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 24: 3O3. 



Distribution: Chicl'n, Libertad, Peru to Pacific lowlands of southwestern Ecuador. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS TEAGUEI Ore jas-Miranda 

 tesselatus group 



1964 Leptotyphlops teaque i Ore jas-Mi randa. Com. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, 8 (IO3): 4, pis. 2-3. 

 Type-locality: RTo Chotano, between Chota and Cutervo, northern Peru, 2350 "'• 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS TENELLA Klauber 

 tesselatus group 



1939 Leptotyphlops tenella Klauber. Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., 9: 59, figs, la-lb. Type- 

 locality: Kartabo, Guyana. 

 1967 Leptotyphlops tenella — Ore jas-Mi randa, Atas Simp. Biota Amaz., 5: 435. 



Distribution: Guianas, Trinidad, southeastern Venezuela, Amazonian Brazil; possibly Ecuador and 

 Peru. 



LEPTOTYPHLOPS TESSELATUS (Tschudi) 

 tesselatus group 



184$ Typhlops ( Stenostoma ) tesselatum Tschudi, Arch, fur Naturg., 11: 162. Type-locality: Peru; more 



precisely stated as Lima, Peru, by Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, Herp., 1846, 46. 

 19*3 Leptotyphlops tessel la t us — Schm i dt and Walker, Zool, Ser. Field Mus, Nat, Hist., 24: 3O4. 



Distribution: Known only from vicinity of Lima, Peru. 



