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Remarks: This new species currently is being described by Wolfgang Wuster 

 and the senior author. 



References: Bisbal (1990. Idem: under the name Drymarchon corais) ; 

 Rivero-Blanco & Dixon (1979. Idem: under the name Drymarchon corais). 



Erythrolaaprus bizona. Jan, 18 63 

 Distribution: A relatively common snake, but with very few specimens 

 catalogued in museums: Curimagua, Cabure (Municipio Petit, Sierra de San 

 Luis ) . 



Habitats: Coastal cloud forest. 

 References: Mi jares-Urrutia & Arends (1998. Herpetol . Review, 29(2) :103). 



Xmantodes csnchoa (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 Distribution: Riecito (Municipio Jacura) ; La Soledad de Uria, Curimagua 



(Municipio Petit, Sierra de San Luis). 



Habitats: Tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 

 References: Roze (1966. Idem: under the name I. cenchoa cenchoa) ; Shreve 



(1947. Idem) . 



Leptodeira aiin.iila.ta. aslaasadli (Ha Howell, 184 5) 

 Distribution: Occur widely along almost all territory of Falcon (but not 

 in Paraguana Peninsula): Cabure (Municipio Petit, Sierra de San Luis); 

 Tivana, Sanare (Municipio Monsenor Iturriza) ; Riecito (Municipio Jacura); 

 Coro (Municipio Miranda) ; Taratara (Municipio Sucre) ; El Jobo (Municipio 

 Democracia) ; Chipare, La Vela, Guaibacoa (all this localities within 

 Municipio Colina) ; Capatarida (Municipio Buchivacoa). 

 Habitats: Littoral xerophilous scrub; psanmophilous and halophilous 

 Littoral scrub; thorny xerophilous scrub; tropophilous deciduous and 

 semi-deciduous scrub; tropophilous deciduous low and median forest; 

 tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forests; coastal cloud forest; 

 cultivated lands. 



References: Duellman (1958. Bull. Amer. Mus . Nat. Hist., 114 ( 1) : 1-152 ) ; 

 Roze (1966. Idem); Shreve (1947. Idem: under the name Leptodeira 

 rhombifera kugleri) . 



Leptodsixa hakerx Ruthven, 1936 

 Distribution: Endemic to the Aruba Island (Caribbean sea), and to the 

 Peninsula de Paraguana, reaching untill 830 m in altitude in the summit 

 of the Cerro Santa Ana: Guaidabacoa, Monte Cano, Piedra Honda, Moruy, 

 Cerro Santa Ana, near La Bocaina, El Hato, near Adicora (Municipio 

 Falcon) ; near Tacuato (Municipio Carirubana) . 



Habitats: Thorny xerophilous scrub; tropophilous deciduous low and 

 median forest; tropophilous basimontane deciduous forest; cultivated 

 lands . 



References: Bisbal (1990. Idem: under the name Leptodeira annulata 

 ashmeadii) ; Mi jares-Urrutia, Markezich & Arends (1995. Carib. J. Sci., 

 31(1-2) :77-82) . 



Lsptophis ahaetnlla occidentalls (Gunther, 1859) 

 Distribution: A uncommon snake with a wide altitudinal range of 

 distribution: Chichiriviche (Municipio Monsenor Iturriza); Tucacas 

 (Municipio Silva) ; Riecito (Municipio Jacura) ; Pueblo Nuevo (Municipio 

 Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguana) ; near San Diego (Municipio Petit, Sierra 

 de San Luis) . 



Habitats: Thorny xerophilous scrub; tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal 

 forest; coastal cloud forest. 

 References: Lancini (1979. Idem); Roze (1966. Idem); Shreve (1947. Idem: 



