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REPTILIA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE jf if SIMOPHIS 



SIMOPHIS Peters 



1860 S imoph i s Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 521' Type-species: He terodon rh inostoma 



Schlegel. 

 I863 Ph inasp is Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis., 2: 215. Type-species: Rh inasp i s probosc i deus Jan. 



Distribution: Brazil and Paraguay. 



Content: Two species. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Seven upper labials, dorsals in I5 rows at 1. Siete labiales superiores; con I5 filas de 



midbody rh i nos toma escamas al medio del cuerpo rh i nostoma 



Eight upper labials, dorsals in 1/ rows at Ocho labiales superiores; con I7 filas de 



midbody rohde i escamas al medio del cuerpo rohde i 



SIMOPHIS PHI NOSTOMA (Schlegel) 



18^7 Heterodon rhinostoma Schlegel, Essai Physion. Serpens, 2: 100, pi. 3, figs. I7-I5. Type- 

 locality: Interior of Brazil. 

 I858 Rh inostoma schlegel i i Gijnther, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus. : 8. Type-locality: North America. 

 1860 Simophis Rhinostoma — Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 521. 

 I863 Rh inasp is probosc ideus Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis., 2: 21$. Type-locality: Brazil. 



D i str i but i on: Braz i 1. 



SIMOPHIS ROHDE 1 (Soettger) 



I885 Rhinaspis Rohdei Boettger, Zeits. fur Naturwiss., 58: 23I. Type-locality: Paraguay. 

 1894 Simophis rohd i i — Boulenger . Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 2: 254. 



Distribution: Paraguay. 



