264 

 RHADINAEA 



RHADINAEA ALTAMONTANA Taylor 



195* Rhadinaea altainontana Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sc i . Bull., ')(>: ]iO, fig. l6a-c. Type-locality: 

 Edge of Costa Rican National Forest Reserve, Pan-American Highway, Talamanca Range, Costa 

 Rica, 7OOO-8OOO ft. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



RHADINAEA BEUI Prado 



1543 Rhadi naea beu i Prado, Mem. Inst. Butantan, I7: 13, two figs. Type-locality: Curitiba, Estado do 



Parana, Brazil. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



RHADINAEA BREVIROSTRIS (Peters) 



I863 Dromicus brevirostris Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I863: 280. Type-locality: Apparently 

 from Quito, Ecuador, purchased; probably erroneous, according to Peters, Rev. Ecuat. Ent. 

 Parasit., 2, I555, 347. 



1868 Prom icus viperinus Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 1: 418. Type-locality: Pebas, Peru. 



1544 Rhadinaea brevirostris — Dunn, Caldasia, 2: 453. 



Distribution: Amazonian Basin, Guianas to Bolivia, 



RHADINAEA CALLIGASTER (Cope) 



1876 Contia calliqaster Cope^ Jour, Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., (2) 8 (I875): 146, pi. 28, fig. 12. Type- 

 locality: Pico Blanco, Costa Rica. 

 1894 Rhadinaea calliqaster — Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus,, 2: 164. 



Distribution: Costa Rica and Panama. 



RHADINAEA DEC I P I ENS (Gunther) 



1893 Ablabes decipiens Gunther. Biol. Cent. Amer., Reptiles: IO5, pi. 37, fig. A. Type-locality: 



Irazij, Costa Rica. 

 1538 Rhadi naea pachyura dec ip iens — Dunn, Copeia, I538: I58. 

 1954 Rhadinaea decipiens — Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sc i . Bull., 36: 740. 



Distribution: Costa Rica. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1, Ventrals I3O; subcaudals 12$; total 1, Ventrales I3O; subcaudales 125; ventrales y 



ventrals plus subcaudals 256 rubncoUis subcaudales en total 256 rubricoll is 



Ventrals 133-157; subcaudals 110; total Ventrales 133-157; subcaudales 110; ven- 



ventrals plus subcaudals 249 decipiens trales y subcaudales en total 243- 



-dec i p iens 



Rhad inaea decip iens d ec ip iens (Gunther) 



1954 Rhadinaea decipiens dec ip i ens — Taylor, Univ, Kansas Sc i . Bull., 36: 740. 

 Distribution: Costa Rica except for area occupied by R. d. rubricoll is . 



Rhad i naea dec ip iens rubr icoll i s Taylor 



1954 R hadinaea decipiens rubricoll is Taylor, Univ, Kansas Sc i . Bull,, 36: 739. Type- 

 locality: Cinchona, Volcan Poas, Costa Rica, about 55OO ft. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



