179 

 LIOPHIS 



LIOPHIS OBTUSUS (Cope) 



1863 Rhadinaea obtusa Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., I863: 101. Type-locality: Paysondu, 



Uruguay, = Paysandu, Uruguay, according to Vaz Ferreira and Sierra de Soriano, Rev. Fac. Hum. 

 Gienc. Montevideo, 18, I56O, 35. 



1525 L i oph i s obtusus — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 89- 



Distribution: Southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. 



L I OPH IS OCCIPITALIS (jan) 



1863 E.[ nicoanathus ] occipitalis Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis., 2: 267. Type-locality: Bahia, Brazil. 



1864 Dromicus ( lygophis ) wuchereri Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (3) 12: 225, ^'"3' Type-locality: 



Bahia, Brazil. 

 I89I Dromicus miolepis Boettger, Zool. Anz., I89I: 346. Type-locality: Sonata, Bolivia. 

 1529 L i oph i s occ i p i tal i s — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 89. 



Distribution: Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and eastern Peru. 



LIOPHIS PURPURANS (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) 



I854 Ablabes purpurans Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril), Erp. Gen., /: 312. Type-locality: Mana, French 



Gu i ana. 

 1864 Coronella or i ental 1 s Gunther, Reptiles of British India: 236. Type-locality: "Dekkan;" stated 



by Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 2, 1894, I68, to be unknown. 

 71866 L i oph i s cobella var. collar i s Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis., 2: 293- Type-locality: South 



Amer i ca , 

 1868 Rhad i naea chrysostoma Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868: 104. Type-locality: Napo or 



Maranon, Ecuador. 

 I872 Coronella poec 1 lolaemus Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 9: 19- Type-locality: Upper Rio 



Amazonas. 

 I872 Liophis purpurans — Gunther. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 9: I9. 



Distribution: Guianas; Upper Amazonian region of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. 



LIOPHIS STEINBACHI (Boulenger) 



1905 Rhadinaea Steinbachi Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 1$: 454. Type-locality: Provincia 



Sara, Departamento Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 

 1915 Aporoph i s melanocephalus Griffin, Mem. Carnegie Mus., ]: IJl- Type-locality: Las Juntas, 



Bol i via, 250 m. 

 1929 L i oph i s ste i nbach i — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: I74. 



Distribution: Eastern Bolivia. 



LIOPHIS SUBOCULARIS Boulenger 



1902 Rhadi naea subocular i s Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 9= 56- Type-locality: Paramba, 



Ecuador, 35OO ft. 

 1929 L i oph i s subocular i s — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: I74. 



Distribution: Western Ecuador. 



LIOPHIS TREBBAUI Roze 



1958 L i oph is trebbau i Roze, Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 2: 262, fig. 11. Type-locality: Auyantepui, 

 Estado Bol'var, Venezuela. 



Distribution: Region of Auyantepui, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela. 



