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REPTILIA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE "At OPISTHOPLUS 



OPISTHOPLUS Peters 



1882 Opisthoplus Peters, Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, ^2: 1148. Type-species: Opisthoplus deqener 



Peters. 

 1947 Aproterodon VanzolinI, Pap. Avul^ Depto, Zool. Sao Paulo, 8: 181. Type-species: Aproterodon 



clemente i Vanzolini. 



Distribution: As for only known species. 

 Content: One species. 



OPISTHOPLUS DEGENER Peters 



1882 Opisthoplus deqener Peters. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 52: 114% figs. 1-4. Type-locality; Not 

 indicated) restricted by Hoge, Mem. Inst. Butantan 28, 1959> 68, to Estado Rio Grande do Sul, 

 Braz i 1. 



1947 Aproterodon clemente i Vanzolini, Pap. Avul. Oepto. Zool. SSo Paulo, 8, I83. Type-locality: Rio 

 Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



19'i9 Opisthoplus deqener — Hoge. Mem. Inst. Butantan (1957-1958), 28: 68. 



Distribution: Known only from Quinta, Carazinho and vicinity of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 

 Brazil. 



