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REPTILIA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE * * * * XENOPHOLIS 



XENOPHOLIS Peters 



I869 Xenophol is Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss, Berlin, I865! 440. Type-species: Xenopholis Braconnieri 



Peters. 

 I874 Gerrhosteus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1874: Jl. Type-species: Gerrhosteus prosopis Cope. 

 192=^ Sympeltophis Werner. Sitz. Math-Na turw iss. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Abt. 1, I34: $2, fig. 1. 



Type-species: Sympel toph i s ungal io ides Werner. 



Distribution: As for single known species. 

 Content: One species. 



XENOPHOLIS SCALARIS (Wucherer) 



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I86I Elapomorpiius scalaris Wucherer. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, I86I: 325. Type-locality: Canavieras, 



Matta de Sao Joao, a few leagues south of Bahia, Brazil. 

 1869 Xenopholis Braconnieri Peters. Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I865: 441, pi., fig. 3, 



Type-locality: none given. 

 I874 Gerrhosteus prosopis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I874: 71. Type-locality: Nauta, Peru. 

 192*) Sympeltophis unqalioides Werner. Sitz. Math-Na turw iss. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Abt. 1, I34; 52, 



fig. 1. Type-locality: Central Brazil. 



Distribution: Amazonian Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil. 



