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MASTIGODRYAS 



Mast igodryas b if ossatus bifossatus (Raddi), new combination 



1823 Coluber cap i stratus L i chtenste i n, Verzeichniss der Doubletten des Zoologischen Museums 



der Konigl. Universitat zu Berlin: 104. Type-locality: Brazil. 

 1825 Coluber L ichtenste i n i i Wied. Nova Acta Acad. Leop. -Carol. , 12 (2): 493. Type-locality: 



Braz il. 

 I837 Coluber panther inus Schlegel (not of DaudinJ, Essa i Physion. Serpens, 2: 143, pi. 5, 



figs. 13-14. Type-locality: "St. Paul" [Sao PauloJ, Brazil. 

 1941 Dryadophis bifossatus b if ossatus — Stuart . Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 49: 39, pi. 



2, fig. 5- 



Distribution: From Rio Grande do Sul to Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, Brazil) Uruguay. 



Mast i qodryas b if ossatus str ia tus (Amaral), new combination 



1931 Drymobius bifossatus striatus Amaral. Bull. Antivenin Inst. Amer., 4: 86. Type-locality: 



V i llav Icencio, Colombia. 

 1941 Dryadophis bifossatus striatus- — Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 49, pi. 2, 



fig. 4. 



Distribution: Eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, northern Brazil. 



Mastigodryas bifossatus triserlatus (Amaral), new combination 



IS^l Drymobius bifossatus triseriatus Amaral. Bull. Antivenin Inst. Amer., 4: 86. Type- 

 locality: Taunay, Mato Grosso, Brazil. 



1941 Dryadophis bifossatus triseriatus — Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 49: 43, 

 pi. 2, fig. 2. 



Distribution: Northern Argentina, Bolivia; Mato Grosso, Goias and Ceara, Brazil. 



Mastigodryas bifossatus villelai (Hoge), new combination 



1952 Dryadophis bifossatus villelai Hoge, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 24: 184, pi. 1-3, fig. Type- 

 locality: Santa Izabel, Uha do Bananal, Estado de Goii's, Brazil. 



Distribution: Known from Goias, Para, and Mato Grosso, Brazil; Bananal Island and 

 vie i n i ty. 



MASTIGODRYAS BODDAERT I (Sentzen), new combination 

 boddaert i group 



1796 Coluber Boddaerti Sentzen, Oph iolog ische Fragjente, Meyer's Zool. Arch., 2: 59. Type-locality: 



Unknown. 

 1939 Dryadophis [ boddaerti ] — Stuart, Copeia, 1939: 55. 



Distribution: Tropical South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia and western Brazil. 



Content: Three subspecies, according to latest revision by Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. 

 Mich., 1949, 49. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Upper light stripe not bordered by darker 1. Banda clara superior no marginada 2 



color 2 Banda clara superior con conspTcuos hordes 



Upper light stripe with prominent dark oscuros ruthveni 



borders ruthveni 



2. Con dos bandas Claras laterales dunni 



2. Two lateral light stripes dunni Con una banda clara lateral boddaerti 



Single light lateral stripe boddaert i 



