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LYGOPHIS 



LYGOPHIS BOURSIERI (Jan) 



1867 Dromicus Boursieri Jan. Icon, Gen. Ophid., Livr. 2$: pi. 2, fig. 2. Type-locality: Quito, 



Ecuador. 

 1882 Coronella Whymperi Boulenqer. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 9: 460, fig. Type-locality: Milligalli, 



Ecuador. 

 1534 Lygophis boursieri — Shreve, Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 8: 125- 



Distribution: R'o Pastaza region, Amazonian slopes and western slopes above 1000 m, Ecuador; 

 southwestern Colombia. 



LYGOPHIS CORALLIVENTRIS (Boulenger) 



I854 Aporoph is corall i ventr is Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) I3: 3^6- Type-locality: An 



island north of Concepcion, near San Salvador, north Paraguay. 

 1525 Lyqoph i s corall i ventr i s — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: I65. 



Distribution: Paraguay; Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



LYGOPHIS FLAVIFRENATUS Cope 



1862 Lygoph i s flay i f rena tus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scl. Phila., 1862: 80. Type-locality: R'o Vermejo 

 region, Paraguay, according to Cope; Cochran, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 224, 1561, !')(>, says Buenos 

 A ires. Argent i na. 



I867 Drom icus amab ills Jan, Icon. Gen. Ophid., Livr. 24: pi. 5» fig- 2. Type-locality: Brazil. 



Distribution: Paraguay; Argentina; southern Brazil as far north as Estado de S3o Paulo. 



LYGOPHIS LINEATUS (Linnaeus) 



1758 Coluber 1 i neatus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 221. Type-locality: Asia. 

 1843 [ Lyqoph i s j 1 i neatus — Fitzinger, Systema Reptilium: 26. 



Distribution: Panama; north and middle South America from northern Argentina; to northwestern 

 Ecuador west of Andes. 



Content: Three subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Three distinct dark stripes not interrupted 1. Diseiio dorsal con tres bandas longitudi- 



on neck; first through fourth series of nales no i nterrump i das en la nuca; primera 



dorsal scales white or nearly white 2 a cuarta fila la tero-dorsal blancas o casi 



Three indistinct dark stripes, interrupted blancas 2 



on neck; lateral scales heavily dotted Diseno dorsal con tres bandas longitudi- 



with blackj ventrals with lateral series nales i nterrump i das en la nuca; primera a 



of black spots mer i d i onal i s cuarta fila latero-dorsal manchada de 



negro mer i d i onal i s 



2. Lateral stripe about one scale wide on body 2. Banda lateral del grosor de una escama o 



(much larger on head) 1 i neatus ligeramente mayor 1 i neatus 



Literal stripe three or more scales wide Banda lateral del grosor de tres o mas 



di lep i s escamas d i lep is 



Lyqoph i s 1 inea tus 1 i neatus (Linnaeus) 



1758 Coluber m inervae Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 226. Type-locality: "Indiis". 

 71766 Coluber jaculatr ix Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 12: 38I. Type-locality: Suririam. 

 1826 Coluber terl ineatus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Quad., Serp., Ne"w Ed., 4: 106 [not seen]. Type- 

 locality: None given. 

 1953 Lygophis lineatus 1 ineatus — Hoqe. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 24 (1952): 24% fig. 1; pi. 1. 



Distribution: Panama; northern South America; to northwestern Ecuador west of Andes. 



Comment; It is not certain that Coluber jaculatr i x Linnaeus belongs in this synonymy, but 

 Hoge, loc. cit., included in his species synonymy citations to Lacepede and Latreille 

 which mentioned the Linnaean species. Boulenger dpes not mention jaculatr i x at all, and 

 we have found no other discussion in the literature of its status. 



