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TACHYMENIS 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Maxillary teeth 12-14; black-speckled body I. DIentes maxilares 12-14; cuerpo salpicado 

 pattern obscuring any other pattern; de negro; 148-150 ventrales; 60-64 



148-150 ventrals; 60-64 caudals-- attenuata caudales attenuata 



Maxillary teeth 14-16; checkered body Dientes maxilares 14-16; diseno en manchas 



pattern; 152 ventrals; 65 caudals cuadradas blancas y negras; I52 ventrales; 



bol i V iana 65 caudales bol i v iana 



Tachymen i s attenuata attenuata Walker 



15^5 Tachymen is attenuata attenuata Walker, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., %: 24, pi. 2, fig. 3; 

 pi. 4, figs. 13-15. 



Distribution: Departamento Madre de Dios, Peru and Departamento Cochabamba, Bolivia. 



Tachymen i s attenuata bol i v iana Walker 



15*5 Tachymen is attenuata bol i v iana Walker, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., %: 26, fig. 16. Type- 

 locality: Incachaca, Departamento Cochabamba, Bolivia, 25OO m. 



Distribution: Edge of Amazonian basin, Bolivia. 



TACHYMENIS ELONGATA Despax 



1910 Tachymenis elonqata Despax , Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, I5IO; 373. Type-locality: Tablazo 

 de Payta, Peru, 3O m. 



Distribution: Still known only from type locality. 



TACHYMENIS PERUVIANA Wiegmann 



I835 Tachymenis peruviana Wiegmann, Nova Acta Acad. Caes.-Leop. Carol., I7: 252, pi. 20, fig, 1. 

 Type-locality: None given. 



Distribution: Coastal Peru and Chile. 



Content: Four subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Not heavily melanistic dorsally 2 1. Dorse no densamente melanico 2 



Heavily melanistic dorsally; may be without Dorso densamente melanico; puede no 



discernible pattern melanura presentar diseno definido melanura 



2. With paravertebral stripes 3 2. Con I'neas paravertebrales J 



^ With row of spots on either side of verte- Con fila de puntos a cada lado de la ifnea 



bral 1 i ne peruv iana vertebral peruv iana 



3. Ground color yellowish ochre ass imi 1 is 3- Color de fondo amarillo ocre ass im i 1 is 



Ground color brown with reddish tints Color de fondo pardo con tinte rojizo 



ch ilens is ch i lens i s 



Tachymen i s peruv i ana peruv iana Wiegmann 



1501 [ Tachymenis peruviana ] var. dorsal i s Werner. Abh. Ber. K. Zool. Ant hro. -Ethn. Mus. 



Dresden, 5' 5- Type-locality: Bolivia. 

 1915 Leimadophis andicolus Barbour, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 28: I45. Type-locality: 



Huispang, Andes of southern Peru. 

 1962 Tachymen i s peruviana peruviana — Donoso-Barros, Not. Mens. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile, 6 



(66): 1. 



Distribution: Coastal Peru to Antofagasta region of Chile. 



