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MICRURUS 



Micrurus a'nnellatus balzan i (Boulenger) 



1898 Elaps faalzani Boulenqer. Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Geneva, (2) I5: I3O. Type-locality: 



Yungas, Bolivia. 

 1902 Elaps reqularis Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 10: 402. Type-locality: Chulumani, 



Bolivia, 2000 m. 

 19^6 Micrurus balzani — Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: I52. 

 1967 Micrurus annellatus balzani — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 6. 



Distribution: Western Bolivia. 



Micrurus annellatus bol i vianus Roze 



1567 ^jljcrurus annellatus bolivianus Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 7, fig. 2. Type- 

 locality: RTo Charobamba, about 50 km northeast of Zudanez, Chuqulsaca, Bolivia. 



Distribution: Western Bolivia, south of area occupied by M^. a_. balzan i . 



Micrurus annellatus montanus Schmidt 



1954 Micrurus annellatus montanus Schmidt. Fieldiana: Zool., 3*= 3^2. Type-locality: Camp 

 Four, about ten km north of Santo Domingo Mine, Puno, Peru, 2000 m. 



Distribution: Southeastern Peru to central Bolivia. 



MICRURUS AVERY I Schmidt 



1999 Micrurus averyi Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 24: 45, fig. 5. Type-locality: At 

 head of Itabu Greek, Courantyne District, Guyana, 2000 ft (near Brazilian border, at Lat. 

 1°40' N and Long. 58° w). 



Distribution: Known only from type-locality. 



MICRURUS BOCOURTI (Jan) 



I872 Elaps Bocourti Jan. in Jan and Sordelli, Icon. Gen. Ophid., Livr. 42: pi. 6, fig. 2. Type- 

 locality: Unknown, restricted to R'o Daule, Guayas Province, Ecuador, by Roze, Amer. Mus. 

 Novitates, 2287, I567, 8. 



1567 [ Micrurus bocourti ] — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 8. 



Distribution: A disjunct distribution; known from western Ecuador and northern Colombia. 

 Content: Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Ventrals 197-206 in males, 32-35 subcaudals 1. Ventrales 197-206 en machos; subcaudales 



in females bocourti 32-35 en hembras bPeou''^^i 



Ventrals I9O-I96 in males, 35-37 subcaudals Ventrales I9O-I96 en machos; subcaudales 



in females sanqilensis 35-37 en hembras sang ilensis 



Micrurus bocourt i bocourt i (Jan) 



1996 Micrurus ecuadorianus Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: I96. Type-locality: 



R'o Daule, Guayas Province, Ecuador. 

 1967 Micrurus bocourt i bocourt i — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 8. 



Distribution: Western Ecuador. 



Micrurus bocourt i sang i lens i s N i ceforo-Mar 1 a 



1942 Mi crurus ecuador ianus sanq ilensi s N icef oro-Mar la. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cien. Exact. Fis. 



Nat., 5: 98, pi. 3, fig. 10. Type-locality: San Gil, Santander, Colombia. 

 1967 Micrurus bocourt i sanq ilens i s — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 8. 



Distribution: Region between Cordilleras Central and Oriental, northern Colombia. 



