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Family Typhlopidae 



Typhlops lehneri Roux, 1925 

 Distribution: El Mene (Municipio (Acosta); El Pozon (Municipio Jacura?); 



Pauji (Municipio Union). 



Habitats: Tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 

 Remarks: The localities were originally mentioned as "...El Pozon, 

 district Falcon, Venezuela", also "la station El Mene, qui se trouve a 50 

 kilometres environ en aval de El Pozon,..." and "Pauji". Shreve (1947) 

 mentioned the type locality as "Pozon, Acosta District, Falcon State, 

 Venezuela". Currently the name "El Pozon" was not located in several maps 

 of ther state of Falcon, but this would became changed or be confused 

 with names "Los Pozones" or "Los Pozos" which are inhabited villages 

 currently extant within the area of the old "Acosta District") . 

 References: Lancini (1979. Idem); Lancini & Kornacker (1989. Idem); Roux 

 (1927. Idem); Roze (1952. Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 12(32) :143- 

 158); Roze (1966. Idem); Shreve (1947. Idem); Dixon & Hendricks (1979. 

 Zool. Verh., Leiden, 173:1-39). 



Typhlops reticulatas (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 Distribution: Currently only three records are known: Tucacas (Municipio 

 Silva) ; Sanare (Municipio Monsenor Iturriza) ; Cueva de Chipare (Municipio 

 Colina ) . 



Habitats: Tropophilous deciduous low and median forest; tropophilous 

 semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 



References: Dixon & Hendricks (1979. Idem); Lancini (1979. Idem); Lancini 

 & Kornacker (1989. Idem); Roze (1965. Idem); Shreve (1947. Idem). 



Family Viperidae 



Bothxcyps atxox (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 Distribution: A highly common viper in the forested areas of lowlands and 

 mountains of the Sierra de San Luis: La Pastora (Municipio Acosta); 

 Cabure, Cataratas de Hueque, Curimagua (Municipio Petit, Sierra de San 

 Luis); Riecito (Municipio Jacura); Sanare (Municipio Monsenor Iturriza); 

 Cueva de Chipare (Municipio Colina); near Puerto Cumarebo (Municipio 

 Zamora) . 



Habitats: Tropophilous deciduous low and median forest; tropophilous 

 semi-deciduous seasonal forest; tropophilous basimontane deciduous 

 forest; coastal cloud forest; cultivated lands. 



References: Johnson & Dixon (1984. 18 (3) : 329-332 ) ; Lancini (1979. Idem: 

 under the name B. colombiensis) ; Roze (1966. Idem); Shreve (1947. Idem). 



Bothxaps -jnenezuelensis Sandner-Montilla, 1952 

 Distribution: All records are from only one locality: Riecito (Municipio 

 Jacura) . 



Habitats: Tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 

 Remarks: This species apparently is sympatric with B. atrox in this 

 locality of eastern Falcon. This represent the first record of the 

 species in Falcon. 

 References : None . 



Crota.lvLS duxissus cusLanensis Humboldt, 1811 

 Distribution: A widely distributed species along all lowlands of Falcon: 

 Capatarida (Municipio Buchivacoa) ; Pueblo Nuevo, near La Bocaina 

 (Municipio Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguana) ; Pedregal, El Jobo (Municipio 

 Democracia) ; near Tacuato (Municipio Carirubana, Peninsula de Paraguana) ; 



