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9. Uniform dark brown earaeasensi s 5* Castano oscuro uniforme caracasens is 



Brown above, lighter beneath ternetz i i Arriba castano, claro abajo ternetz i i 



10. Two preoculars (Fig. 8] 11 lO.Oos preoculares (Fig. 8) 11 



One preocular (Fig. 5) guenther i Un preoculai quenther i 



11. Scale rows 24; scales light with dark dot at ll.Hileras de escamas 24; escamas claras con punto 



base; length/diameter ratio 41 cucu tae negro en la base; proporcion largo/d iametro 



Scale rows 22; scales uniform dark; length/ 41 cucutae 



diameter ratio 65 alb i rostr is Hileras de escamas 22; escamas oscuras unifor- 



nes; proporcion largo/d iametro 65 — alb i rostr i s 



LIOTYPHLOPS ALBIROSTRIS (Peters) 



1857 Rh.[ inotyphloDs ] alb irostr is Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1857: 402. Type-locality: 



"Veragua," Panama. 

 1881 LiotyphloDS albirostris — Peters, Sitz. Ges. Naturforsch, Freunde Freiburg, 1881: 65. 

 I883 Typhlops ( I d i otyphlops ) emunctus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 8 (3)' 3' Type-locality: Panama. 

 1%^ Helminthophis Canellei Mocquard. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, I5O3: 211. Type-locality: Isthmus 



of Panama. 

 1916 Helm i n thoph i s bondens i s Griffin, Mem. Carnegie Mus., 7 (l915)- l65« Type-locality: Bonda, 



Colomb ia. 

 1932 L i otyphlops alb i rostr i s — Dunn, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 45: I76. 



Distribution: Southern Central America and northern South America, including Costa Rica, Panama, 

 Colombia, Venezuela, and Curasao. 



Comment: Dunn, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 45, 193^, 17^j placed emunctus Garman as a synonym of 

 alb i rostr i s after examining both types. Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 3*> 1951> ^5, indicated 

 that he thought emunctus was a valid species, but he did not document this sufficiently to permit 

 the two species to be distinguished, so we follow Dunn until further information is presented. 



LIOTYPHLOPS ANOPS (Cope) 



I899 Helm i nthoph i s anops Cope, Phila. Mus. Sci. Bull., 1: 10, pi. 4, figs, la-lf. Type-locality: 



"Mew Grenada," which is Colombia; Dunn, Caldasia, 3, 19''*j ^> says "near Bogota." 

 1944 L i otyphlops anops — Dunn, Caldasia, J: 48. 



Distribution: Provincias Santander and Cund i namarca, Colombia. 



LIOTYPHLOPS CARACASENS IS Roze 



1952 L iotyphloDS caracasens i s Roze, Mem, Soc. Cien. Nat. La Salle, Caracas, 12 (32): 15''> 'f'GS. 1-2. 

 Type-locality: Cuartel Urdaneta, Caracas, Venezuela. 



Distribution; North central Venezuela. 



LIOTYPHLOPS CUCUTAE Dunn 



1944 L i otyphlops cucutae Dunn, Caldasia, J: 49, figs. 5"6. Type-locality: Cucuta, Norte de Santander, 

 Colombia, 215 ">• 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



LIOTYPHLOPS GUENTHER I (Boulenger), new combination 



I889 Helm i nthoph I s quenther i Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) 4: 36I. Type-locality: Porto Real, 



Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 1893 Helm i nthoph i s quenther i — Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 1: 6, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



Distribution: Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



