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REPTILIA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE * "A" "^ * PSEUDOERYX 



PSEUDOERYX Fitzinger 



1826 Pseudoeryx Fitzinger, Neue Classification der Reptilien: 55* Type-species: Coluber pi icat i 1 is 



L i nnaeus. 

 I838 Pseudoer ix Thon (emendation of Pseudoeryx Fitzinger), in Ersch and Gruber, Enc. 2 (l2): 38? 



(citation from Roze, Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 2, 1557> 20; not seen by us). 

 I843 Pseuderyx Fitzinger (emendation of Pseudoeryx Fitzinger), Systema Reptilium; 25. 

 I845 D imades Gray, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus.: 1i>. Type-spec i es! Coluber pi i ca t i 1 i s Linnaeus. 



Distribution: As for single known species. 



Content: One species. 



PSEUDOERYX PLICATIL IS (Linnaeus) 



1758 Coluber plicatilis Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 217. Type-locality: "Terna tae i s". 

 1826 Pseudoeryx pi icat i 1 i s- F i tz i nqer, Neue Classification der Reptilien: 55- 



Distribution: Colombia and Guianas to Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina. 



Content: Two subspecies, according to latest revision, by Hoge, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 30 (196O-62), 

 1964, 80. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Labials black with yellow spotting; I5I-I63 1. Labios negros manchados de amarillo; I5I- 



ventrals m imet icus I63 vent rales m i met icus 



Labials yellow with brown spotting; 125-1'12 Labios amarillos manchados de castano; 129- 

 ventrals pi icat i 1 is 142 vent rales pi ica t i 1 i s 



Pseudoeryx pi ica t i 1 i s pi icat i 1 is (Linnaeus) 



1826 Pseudoeryx Daud i n i i Fitzinger, Neue Classification der Reptilien: 55- Type-locality: 



Unknown. 

 I895 Pseuderyx pi icat i 1 i s var. anomalolep i s Bocourt, Miss. Sci. Mex., Rept.: 804, pi. 60, figs. 



6-6d. Type-locality: Colombia. 

 1944 Hydrops lehmann i Dunn, Caldasia, 3 (n)' 71' Type-locality: Popayan, Cauca, Colombia, 



I76O m. 

 1964 Pseudoeryx plicatilis pi ica t i 1 i s — Hoqe. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 3O (196O-62): 80, figs. 28, 



30-31. 



Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela and Guianas to Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina. 



Pseudoeryx plicatilis m i met icus Cope 



I885 Pseuderyx m imet icus Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 23: 9^- Type-locality: R'o Mamore, 



eastern Bol i v i a. 

 1957 Pseudoeryx m i met icus — Roze, Acta Biol. Venezuelica, 2: 23. 

 1964 Pseudoeryx pi icat i 1 i s m imet icus — Hoge, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 3O (196O-62): 82, figs. 27, 



29, 32. 



Distribution: Amazonian Bolivia. 



