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Habitats: Tropophilous deciduous low and median forest. 

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



Family Elapidae 



Miczxurus dissolencus dissoleucvis (Cope, 1860) 

 Distribution: This is a quite common snake in arid and semiarid lowlands 

 of coastal Falcon: Tacuato (Municipio Carirubana, Peninsula de Para- 

 guana) ; Adaure, near Cabo San Roman, Piedra Honda, near San Jose de 

 Cocodite (all this localities are within the Municipio Falcon, Peninsula 

 de Paraguana) ; El Jobo (Municipio Democracia) ; Los Chipes, Coro (both 

 localities within the Municipio Miranda) . 

 Habitats: Thorny xerophilous scrub; cultivated lands. 



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

 Roze (1966. Idem) . 



Mlcxnrus dzaserlli.! carini caudus Schmidt, 1936 

 Distribution: Only two records from at 5.0 Km from Mirimire (Municipio 

 San Francisco) ; near Cueva de Chipare (Municipio Colina) . 

 Habitats: Tropophilous deciduous and semi-deciduous scrub; tropophilous 

 semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 



Remarks: Roze (1989) reported that in Falcon could appear mtergrades 

 specimens between the species M. d. carinicaudus and M. d. venezuelanus. 

 References: Roze (1966. Idem: under the name M. carinicauda carinicauda) ; 

 Roze (1989. Amer. Mus . Novitates, 2932:1-15). 



Micxrajras dumer±l±± venezuelanus Roze, 198 9 

 Distribution: Riecito (Municipio Jacura); La Fria (Municipio ?); El Mene 

 (Municipio Acosta) . 



Habitats: Tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 

 Remarks: See remarks in Micrurus dumerilii carinicauda. 

 References: Roze (1989. Idem). 



Micxnnis mipaLrtitros semipajztitus (Jan, 1858) 

 Distribution: Only two records of this species from: Curimagua (Municipio 

 Petit, Sierra de San Luis); Sanare (Municipio Monsenor Iturriza). 

 Habitats: Tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest; coastal cloud 

 forest . 

 References: Mi jares-Urrutia & Arends (1993. Idem). 



Family Leptotyphlopidae 



Leptotyphlops goudatti g-oudatti Dumeril & Bibron, 1844 

 Distribution: This species is abundant, at least where this had been 

 found, m Falcon: Coro (Municipio Miranda); Adicora (Municipio Falcon, 

 Peninsula de Paraguana) . 



Habitats: Littoral xerophilous scrub; psammophilous and halophilous 

 Littoral grassland; thorny xerophilous scrub. 



Remarks: The northern Venezuelan populations are under study by Van 

 Wallach and the authors. This taxon shows differences in external and 

 internal morphology with nominal species. In several Venezuelan Museums 

 specimens of this species are incorrectly labeled Leptotyphlops 

 macrolepis (Peters, 1857). 



References: Roze (1966. Idem: under the name L. albifrons margaritae) ; 

 Lancini (1979. Idem); Lancini & Kornacker, 1989. Idem). 



