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Boca de Tocuyo (Municipio Acosta); Coro (Municipio Miranda). 

 Habitats: Littoral xerophilous scrub; psammophilous and halophilous 

 Littoral grassland; thorny xerophilous scrub; tropophilous deciduous and 

 semi -deciduous scrub; tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forest. 

 References: Bisbal (1990. Idem); Rivero-Blanco (1979. Idem); Roze (1966. 

 Idem: under the name C. d. terrijficus) ; Shreve (1947. Idem). 



Porthidivna lanshejzgl rozs± (Peters, 1959) 

 Distribution: A species quite rare becouse currently only two specimen 

 had been reported from: near Coro (Municipio Miranda) . 

 Habitats: Thorny xerophilous scrub. 

 References: Roze (1966. Idem: under the name "IBothrops lansbergii" ) . 



SPECIES THAT POSSIBLY OCCUR IN THE STATE OF FALCON 



Family Leptodactylidae 



Pseudopa.lud±colla pasilla (Ruthven, 1916) 

 Reported by: Rivero (1961. Idem). 



Distribution in Venezuela: Caribbean areas in northwestern Venezuela (La 

 Marca, 1992. Idem) . 



Current Status: No specimens reported from Falcon but it is consider 

 occur within. 



Family Amphisbaenidae 



Anphisbaena. alba Linnaeus, 17 58 

 Record: No specimens had been collected till date within Falcon. 

 Distribution in Venezuela: This is a common species of limbless lizard 

 with a wide range in Venezuela (Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970. Idem). 

 Current Status: Some unconfirmed reports of this species had been 

 reported from eastern Falcon. 



Family Polychrotidae 



Anoi-is annectezLS Williams, 197 4 

 Record: Only one known specimen from an ambiguous locality in western 

 Venezuela (Williams, 1974. Breviora Mus . Comp. Zool., 421:1-21). 

 Distribution in Venezuela: The only one specimen known (the holotype) 

 have a too much imprecise typical locality described as "Maracaibo 

 Lake..." (Williams, 1974. Idem), suggesting implicitly that this species 

 could occur in the westernmost portion of the state of Falcon. 

 Current Status: Uncertain. Additional specimens could help to assert the 

 taxonomical status of this species and define its geographical range. 



Anoi-is sqaamalatxis Peters, 1863 

 Record: No specimens had been reported till date from Falcon. 

 Distribution: This species is reported from the Coastal Range in 

 northcentral Venezuela (Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970), inclusive its 

 type locality (Puerto Cabello) , is very near from the Falconian border. 

 Current Status: We consider as very probable its presence in eastern 

 Falcon. 



Family Gymnophthalmidae 



Gymnophthalinas 7 insatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 Record: Known by one specimen, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Caracas 



