254 

 PSEUDOBOA 



PSFIinORnA NEilWIEDI I (Dumeril, Bibron and Oumeril) 

 neuw i edi i group 



I854 Scytale neuwi ed i i Oumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., ]: 1001. Type-locality; CSte Ferme 



and Brazilj restricted to Cumana, Venezuela through lectotype selection by Hoge and Lancini, 



Bol. Mus. Cien. Nat. Caracas, 6-7, I96O, 55. 

 lesq Olisthenes euphaeus Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I855: 296. Type-locality: "Probably 



South America". 

 1887 Rhinocheilus thominoti Bocourt, Le Naturaliste, (2) 9: 45, figs. 1-4. Type-locality: Venezuela. 

 1901 Pseudoboa robinsoni Stejneqer. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 24: I9O, fig. Type-locality: La Guaira, 



Venezuela. 

 1901 Pseudoboa neuwiedi i — Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 24: I89. 



Distribution: Pacific Panama from just west of Canal Zone through northern and interior Colombia to 

 Surinam; south to Brazil, along Amazon River; Trinidad and Tobago Islands. 



PSEUDOBOA NIGRA (Pumeril, Bibron and Oumeril) 

 neuw i ed i i group 



I854 Scytale neuw i ed i i van. N i qrum Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., 'J: 1002. Type-locality: 



Bah i a, Braz i 1 . 

 1926 Pseudoboa albimaculata Mello, Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 19: 129- Type-locality: Minas Gerais, 



Brazil. 

 1^62 Pseudoboa n iqra — Ba i lev. Bull. Zool. Nomen., I9 (3): l64. 



Distribution: Northeastern Brazil to eastern Para, south to Estado do Rio de Janeiro and SSo Paulo, 

 thence west to northwestern Mato Grosso and central Bolivia and south to northern Corrientes, 

 Argentina. Primarily, but not exclusively, a savanna species. 



