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under the name Leptophis occidentalis occidentalis) . • 



Llophls LLnecftus (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 Distribution: Apparently common along northern coastal lowlands of 

 Falcon: Coro, La Florida (both localities within Municipio Miranda) . 

 Habitats: Thorny xerophilous scrub. 

 References: None. 



Llopbis melanotas (Shaw, 1802) 

 Distribution: Common species in lowlands of Falcon: Pauji (Municipio 

 Union); Mirimire (Municipio San Francisco); El Mene (Municipio Acosta) ; 

 Riecito (Municipio Jacura) ; Chichiriviche (Municipio Monsenor 

 Iturriza) ; Cabure (Municipio Petit, Sierra de San Luis); near Cumarebo 

 (Municipio Zamora) . 



Habitats: Tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest; coastal cloud 

 forest . 

 References: Shreve (1947. Idem: under the name Leimadophis melanotu) . 



Liophls regxnae zweifell (Roze, 1959) 

 Distribution: Only one record of this species is currently Icnown: Cerro 

 El Danto (Municipio Petit, Sierra de San Luis). 

 Habitats: Coastal cloud forest. 

 References: Mi jares-Urrutia & Arends (1999. Idem). 



Mast±cophj.s mentovarias suborbi talis (Peters, 1868) 

 Distribution: This species is a common snakes in the coastal semiarid 

 lowlands in Falcon: Coro, near Embalse El Isiro (both localities in the 

 Municipio Miranda); Adaure, Guaidabacoa, La Bocaina (Municipio Falcon, 

 Peninsula de Paraguana) . 

 Habitats: Thorny xerophilous scrub. 

 References: Rivero-Blanco & Dixon (1979. Idem). 



Mastiyodryas boddaerti boddaerti (Sentzen, 1796) 

 Distribution: near Pueblo Nuevo de la Sierra, Curimagua (Municipio Petit, 

 Sierra de San Luis) . 



Habitats: Tropophilous basimontane deciduous forest; coastal cloud 

 forest . 



Remarks: Shreve (1947) report the subspecies D. h. ruthveni but Lancini 

 (1979. Las Serpientes de Venezuela. Ed. Armitano, Caracas) cuestioned 

 this records . 



References: Roze (1966. Idem: under the name Dryadopnis boddaertii) ; 

 Shreve il947. Idem: under the names Dryadophis boddaerti boddaerti) . 



HAstlgodryas pleex (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) 

 Distribution: This is one of the most abundant snakes in coastal 

 semiarid lowlands of northern Falcon: Cerro Santa Ana, Monte Cano, El 

 Supi, near San Jose de Cocodite, Guaidabacoa, near La Bocaina, northern 

 El Vinculo (all this localities in the Municipio Falcon, Peninsula de 

 Paraguana); Taratara (Municipio Sucre, Sierra de San Luis); La Vela 

 (Municipio Colina) ; Coro (Municipio Miranda). 



Habitats: Littoral xerophilous scrub; psanmophilous and halophilous 

 Littoral scrub; thorny xerophilous scrub. 



References: Bisbal (1990. Idem); Rivero-Blanco & Dixon (1979. Idem); 

 Mijares-Urrutia & Arends (1992. Herpetol. Review, 23(3) :81). 



ITinia. a.tra.ta. (Haliowell, 1845) 

 Distribution: El Jobo (Municipio Democracia) ; near Pueblo Nuevo de la 



