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RHADINAEA 



RHADINAEA I NS I GN ISS IMUS (Amaral), new combination 



1526 L i oph I s i ns i gn i ss imus Amaral, Arch. Mus. Nacional Brazil, 26: IO3, pi. 1, figs. ]-'). Type- 

 locality: Estajao Biologica, Serra de CubatSo, Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Distribution: Sao Paulo and Espirito Santo, Brazil. 



Comment: One of us (Peters) has seen the holotype of this species in the Institute Butantan, SSo 

 Paulo, Brazil, and it seems unquestionably a Rhad i naea . Amaral used L ioph i s as a generic name for 

 members of both taxa. 



RHADINAEA KINK EL IN I Boettger 



1858 Rhadi naea k i nkel i n i Boettger, Katalog der Rept 1 1 i en-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenberg i schen 



Naturforschende Gesellschaft im Frankfurt am Main, 2: 68. Type-locality: Matagalpa, 

 N icaragua. 



Distribution: Nicaragua to Guatemala. 



RHADINAEA LACHRYMANS (Cope) 



I87O Lyqophis lachrvmans Cope. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 11 (I865): 154. Type-locality; Unknown; 



Bailey, Dec. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 412, 1540, 7, suqgested Chiapas, Mexico. 

 1846 R. [hadinaea ] lachrymans — Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., (2) 8 (I875): 140. 



Distribution: Moderate and intermediate elevations of Pacific slope, Chiapas, Mexico to Guatemala. 



RHADINAEA LATERISTRIGA (Berthold) 



1859 Liophis lateristriqa Berthold. Anz. Gottingen Gehlert., 3: 180. Type-locality: Popayan, 



Colomb ia. 

 I867 Prom i cus nunt i us Jan, Icon. Gen. Ophid., livr. 24: pi. 6, fig. 1. Type-locality: Andes of 



Ecuador. 

 1^44 Rhadinaea later i str i qa — Dunn. Caldasia, 2: 453. 



Distribution; Caribbean South America; Pacific slope of Colombia and Ecuador. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Single light spot on each parietal 1. Una sola mancha clara en cada parietal 



later i str i qa la ter i str i qa 



Light line on each parietal mul t i 1 i neata L'nea clara en cada parietal mult i 1 i neata 



Rhad I naea later i str i ga later i str i qa Berthold 



186^ Dromicus frenatus Peters. Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1863: 218. Type-locality: 

 Guayaquil, Ecuador. 



1501 Urotheca coronata Ste I ndachner, Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, I9OI: 106, pi. 1, figs. 3-3a. 

 Type-locality: Region of Babahoyo, Ecuador. 



iqoq Erythrolamprus labial is Werner. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, 26: 237, ^'9- 1^. Type- 

 local i ty: Ecuador. 



1544 Rhad i naea later i str i qa later i str i qa — Dunn, Caldasia, 2: 453' 



Distribution: Pacific slope, central Colombia to Ecuador. 



Rhadinaea later istr i qa mult il ineata (Peters) 



1855 Dromicus mult ilineatus Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I863; 275.^ Type-locality; var. 



A from Puerto Cabello and Caracas, Venezuela, and var. B from Bogota, Colombia; name restrict- 

 ed to var. A by Dunn, below. 



1544 Rhadinaea lateristriqa mult i 1 ineata — Dunn, Caldasia, 2: 435« 



Distribution; Caribbean Colombia and Venezuela. 



