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XENODON 



XENODON SEVERUS (Linnaeus) 



1758 Coluber severus Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 215. Type-locality: "Asia"; restricted to 



South America by Gunther, Ann. Mag. Mat. Hist., (3) 12, I863, 353. 

 1802 Coluber breviceps Shaw, Gen. Zool., Amphib., 3 (2): 43O. Type-locality: Ceylon and Brazil. 

 1820 [ Coluber ( Natr i x )J vers icolor Merrem, Tentamen Systematis Amph i b i orum: 55- Type-locality: 



Braz il. 

 1824 C.I oluber j saurocephalus Wied, Isis von Oken, 6: 668. Type-locality: Brazil; stated more fully 



as Rio ilheus, Brazil, by Wied, Beitrage zur naturgesch ichte von Brasilien, 1, 1825, 367- 

 1826 X.I enodon j severus — Fitzinger, Neue Classification der Reptilien: 57- 



Distribution: Amazonian South America. 



XENODON SUSPECTUS Cope 



1868 Xenodon suspectus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1868: 133- Type-locality: Lago Jose Assu, 

 Brazil. 



Distribution: Eastern Peru. 



