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Family Tropiduridae 



TropirhTras (Plica.) plica. (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 Distribution: Only one specimen is reported in Araure (Municipio 

 Acosta?) . 



Habitats: Tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 



Remarks: We follow here the taxonomy proposed by Frost (1992. Amer. Mus . 

 Novitates, 3033:1-68). This represent the first report of the species 

 from the state of Falcon, and its northwesternmost record. 

 References: None. 



TropidiLnis sp 1 



Distribution: El Jobo (Municipio Democracia) ; Taratara (Municipio Sucre); 



Embalse El Isiro (Municipio Miranda) . 



Habitats: Thorny xerophilous scrub. 



Remarks: This specimens are under study by the authors. 



References : None . 



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Family Anomalepididae 



Liotyphlops albirostxis Peters, 1857 

 Distribution: Some few specimens had been reported from Coro (Municipio 

 Miranda) ; Adicora (Municipio Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguana) . 

 Habitats: Littoral xerophilous scrub; psammophilous and halophilous 

 Littoral grassland; thorny xerophilous scrub. 



Remarks: This population is under study by the authors and Van Wallach 

 because some differences in squamation and internal organs topography had 

 been detected. Also, this records represents the northwesternmost, and 

 first record of the genus for the state of Falcon. The Paraguana records 

 could not represent a natural population (apparently due to human 

 introduction) . 

 References: Dixon & Kofron (1983. Amphibia-Reptilia, 4:241-264). 



Family Boidae 



Boa. constxictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 

 Distribution: This is a common species along all territory of Falcon: 

 near Mataruca (Municipio Colina) , Capatarida (Municipio Democracia). 

 Habitats: All habitats within the Falcon territory. 



Remarks: Although very few specimens are available, this species had been 

 observed along almost all territory of Falcon, except in the Peninsula de 

 Paraguana (see below) . 



References: Lancini (1979. Las serpientes de Venezuela. Edit. Armitano. 

 Caracas); Lancini & Kornac)cer (1989. Die schlangen von Venezuela. Verlag- 

 Armitano Edit. Caracas); Roze (1966. Taxonomia y Zoogeografia de los 

 Ofidios de Venezuela. Ediciones de la Biblioteca, Universidad Central de 

 Venezuela, Caracas). 



Boa constrictor ssp. 1 

 Distribution: La Bocaina, El Pico, near San Jose de Cocodite (Municipio 

 Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguana) . 



Habitats: Littoral xerophilous scrub; psammophilous and halophilous 

 Littoral grassland; thorny xerophilous scrub; tropophilous deciduous and 



