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REPTILIA: SERPENTES : COLUBRIDAE * * * I^T PHIMOPHIS 



Prepared by Joseph R. Bailey, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 



PHIMOPHIS Cope 



I854 Rh i nos imus Dumeril, Bibron and Oumeril (preoccupied by Rh i nos imus Latreille, I8O2-O3), Erp. Gen., 

 ]'• 991' Type-species: Rh inos imus Guer i n j Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril. 



I860 Ph imoph i s Cope (substitute name for Rh i nos imus Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril), Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1850; ]'). Type-species: Rhinosimus Guerini Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril. 



Distribution: Panama to central Argentina in grassland regions. 



Content: Four species. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Loreal present 2 1. Loreal presente 2 



Loreal absent i qles iasi Loreal ausente i qles iasi 



2. Ventrals more than I96 3 2. Mas de I56 ventrales 3 



Ventrals fewer than 195 qu ianens is Menos de 195 ventrales qu ianens is 



3. Two wide, longitudinal, dark brown bands 3- ^°" '^°^ bandas anchas long i tudinales pardo 



V i ttatum oscuras v i ttatum 



Without longitudinal bands quer in i Sin bandas long i tudi nales guer i n i 



PHIMOPHIS GUERINI (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumlril) 



I854 Rh inos imus quer i n i Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., ]: ')')!, pi. ]2. Type-locality: 



Unknown; Oumeril, Bibron and Dumeril mentioned a second specimen, from Bahia, Brazil, in the 



original description. 

 1913 Rh inostoma scytalo i des Werner, Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, 30- 31- Type-locality: Eastern 



Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

 1926 Rhinosimus amarali Mello, Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, I9: 128, figs. 1-11. Type-locality: BeltrSo, 



Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

 1962 Ph imoph is querini — Bailey, Bull. Zool. Nomen., I9: l64. 



Distribution: Southern Piaui, Brazil, south to Estado de S5o Paulo and southwest to Cordoba, 

 Argent i na. 



PHIMOPHIS GUIANENSIS (Troschel) 



1848 Heterodon qu ianens i s Troschel, in Schomburgk, Reise in Br i t i sch-Gu iana: 653» Type-locality: 



Savannah near Pirara, Guyana. 

 I860 R.[ hinostoma J Guntheri Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860: 243. Type-locality: Interior 



Venezuela. 

 1944 Ph imoph i s qu ianens i s — Dunn, Caldasia, J: 202. 



Distribution: Code Province, Panama, to Surinam, in savannah and scrub areas. 



PHIMOPHIS IGLESIASI (Gomes) 



1915 Rh i nostoma I qles ias i Gomes, Ann. Paulistas Med. Cirurq., 4: 126. Type-locality: Piauf, Brazil. 

 1923 Rhinostoma bimaculatum Lutz and Mello, Folha Medica, 4t 3- Type-locality: Pirapora, Minas 



Gera is, Braz i 1. 

 1967 Phimophis iqlesiasi — Bailey, Herpetolog ica, 23: 159* 



Distribution: Interior east central Brazil from Pirapora, Minas Gerais, to Piau'. 



PHIMOPHIS VITTATUS (Boulenger), new combination 



I896 Rhinostoma vittatum Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 3" 115' Type-locality: Buenos Aires, 

 Argentina (probably in error). 



Distribution: Santa Fe and Entre Rios, Argentina, to southern Bolivia. 



