210 

 MICRURUS 



1. Triads 5"6 in both sexes; ventrals 184-151 1. Triadas 'j-6 en ambos sexos; ventrales 184- 



in males orton i I5I en machos orton i 



Triads 7"10 in both sexes; ventrals 155-184 Triadas 7-1"; ventrales 155-184 en machos-- 



i n males h em p r i c h i i hempr i ch i i 



Micrurus hemprichi i hemprichi i (jan) 



ISS^ Micrurus hemprichii hemprichii — Schmidt, Fieldiana, Zool., 3^' 166. 

 Distribution: Eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela to Guianas. 



Micrurus hempr ich i i orton i Schmidt 



1553 M icrurus hempr ich i i orton i Schmidt, Fieldiana, Zool., Ji: 166. Type-locality: Pebas, Peru. 

 Distribution: Amazonian slopes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; also recorded from Pari, Brazil. 



MICRURUS HIPPOCREPIS (Peters) 



1862 Elaps hippocrepis Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1861: 525' Type-locality: Santo Tomas 



(=Puerto Matias de Galvez), Guatemala. 

 1533 Micrurus hippocrepis — Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: 36. 



Distribution: Caribbean lowlands of British Hondoras and Guatemala. 



MICRURUS IBIBOBOCA (Merrem) 



1820 Elaps ibiboboca Merrem, Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum: 142. Type-locality: Brazil. 



1820 Elaps marcqrav i i Wied, Nova Acta Acad. Leop. -Carol. , 10: 105- Type-locality: Brazil; noted as 



mouth of Rfo Belmente In Wied, Beltrage zur Naturgesch ichte von Brazlllen, 1, 1825, 420. 

 1525 Micrurus ibiboboca — Amaral, Rev. Mus. Paullsta, 15: 25. 



Distribution: Eastern Brazil. 



MICRURUS ISOZONUS (Cope) 



1860 E[ laps J isozonus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1860: 73' Type-locality: South America; 



restricted to Caracas, Venezuela, by Roze, Acta Biol. Venez., 1, 1555> *86. 

 1520 Elaps omissus Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 6: IO5. Type-locality: Venezuela. 

 1536 Micrurus isozonus — Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: I58. 



Distribution: Northern and central Venezuela to Intendencia Meta, Colombia. 



MICRURUS LANGSDORFFI Wagler 



1824 Micrurus Lanqsdorffi Waqler in Splx, Sp. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 10, pi. 2, fig. 2. Type-locality: 

 Rio Japura, Amazonas, Brazil. 



Distribution: Headwaters of Amazonian basin, from southern Colombia to northern Peru. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. More than 40 black bands on body 1. Mas de 40 bandas negras sobre el cuerpo 



orna 1 1 ss imus orna t I ss I mus 



Fewerthan 36 black bands on body Menos de 3^ bandas negras sobre el cuerpo — 



langsdorf f i lanqsdorf f I 



