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SIPHLOPHIS 



SIPHLOPHIS CERVINUS (Laurenti) 



1768 Coronella cerv ina Laurenti, Synopsin Reptilium: 88. Type-locality: "America". 



I8O3 Coluber audax Daud in. Hist. Nat. Rept., 6: 345, pi. 75- Type-locality: None given. 



1820 Coluber ( Matrix ) Ma x i m i 1 i a n i Merrem, Tentamen Systematis Amph i b i orum: IO5. Type-locality: None 



given. ^ 



I854 Lvcognathus scolopax Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril (replacement name for Coluber audax DaudinJ, 



Erp. Gen., 7: 515. 

 iqi6 Clelia euprepa Griffin. Mem. Carnegie Mus., 7 (15I5): 2O3, pi. 28, figs. J-'j. Type-locality: 



Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 

 1520 Drepanodon attenuatus Barbour and Moble, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 58: 619. Type-locality: San 



Fernando, R'o Cosireni, Cusco, Peru, 3'''"' ft. 

 1964 Siphlophis cervinus — Hoqe. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 3O (156O-62): 43. 



Distribution: Central Bol i v ia and Maranhao to the Canal Zone and Trinidad. 



SIPHLOPHIS LEUCOCEPHALUS (Cunther), new combination 



I863 Leptodira leucocephala Gunther. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (3) U: 23. Type-locality: Bahia, Brazil. 

 I856 Lycoqna thus rhombea tus — Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 3' 58. 



Distribution: "Bahia" and Canna Brava, Goias on border of Goias and Minas Gerais, Brazil. 



SIPHLOPHIS LONGICAUDATUS (Andersson) 



1507 Trop i dod i psas Long i Cauda ta Andersson, BIhang Till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, 27 (4): I7, 



pi. 2, figs. 5"H" Type-locality; Brazil. 

 l%i Siphlophis lonqicaudatus — Hoqe. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 3O (196O-62): 43. 

 1964 S i phloph i s c i nereus Lema, Rev. Bras. Biol., 24: 222, figs. 1-13- Type-locality: ColSnia de Sao 



Padro, Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



Distribution: Espirito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



SIPHLOPHIS PULCHER Raddi 



1820 Coluber pulcher Raddi, Mem. Soc. Italiana Sci. Modena, 18: 537. Type-locality: Rio de Janeiro, 



Brazil. 

 I854 Lvcognathus gem i natus Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., 7: 922. Type-locality: Brazil. 

 I863 Oxyrhopus rhombeatus Peters. Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I863: 288. Type-locality: Unknown. 

 1935 Callopistria rubrovertebral i s Amaral. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 9: 2O5. Type-locality: Morro Azul, 



Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 1964 Siphlophis pulcher — Hoge, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 3O (196O-62): 40, figs. 2, 8, 11, 13-14, 21. 



Distribution: Guanabara and sou thern M 1 nas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



Comment: Although Hoge, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 30, I96O-62 (1964), 40, Invoked the noroen obi Itum rule 

 to eliminate pulcher Raddi as the proper name for this species, it seems appropriate to use 

 name in preference to geml natus Dumeril, Bibron and Dumlril, which has had a history of 



Raddi 's 

 1, Bibron and Dumeril, which has had a history of 

 misinterpretation and erroneous usage. 



SIPHLOPHIS WORONTZOWI (Prado), new combination 



1940 Alleidophis worontzowi Prado, Mem. Inst. Butantan, I3 (l939): 5, pi., p. ]. Type-locality: Rio 



Amana, Estado do Amazonas, Brazil. 

 1964 Alleidophis worontzow i — Hoge , Mem. Inst. Butantan, 3O (196O-62): 40, figs. 4, 6, 10. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



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