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PHILODRYAS 



PHILODRYAS SERRA (Schlegel) 



1837 Herp .|_ etodryas J Serra Schlegel, Essa i Physion. Serpens, 2: 180, pi. 7> figs. 1-2. Type-locality: 



Braz i 1. 

 18*18 Philodryas serra — Gunther, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus.: 125. 

 71855 Geleophis (sic) Jani Berthold, Nach. Univ. K. Ges. Wiss. Gottingen, ly: 181. Type-locality: 



Bahia, Brazil. 

 18/0 Teleolep i s str i at iceps Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. See, 11: 153* Type-locality: Brazil. 

 18% Philodryas serra — Boulenqer. Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., J: 134. 



Distribution: Northeastern, central and south central Brazil. 



PHILODRYAS VIRIDISSIMUS (Linnaeus) 



1758 Coluber vir idiss imus Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 226. Type-locality; Surinam. 

 I8O3 Coluber janthinus Daudin, Hist. Nat. Rept., 6: 273. Type-locality: America. 

 ?186l P.[ hilodryas crassifrons Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1860: 559. Type-locality: Cayenne. 

 I896 Philodryas viridissimus — Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 3' 129- 



1928 Ph ilodryas af f i n i s Muller, Zool. Anz., 77: 77- Type-locality: Buenavista, 80 km northwest of 

 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 



Distribution: Amazonas and Paraguay valleys, from southern Venezuela and Guianas to Argentina. 



