Venezuela. Distribution: only from the type locality. 
B. jararaca (Wied). Hoogmoed & Gruber, 1983, Ibid. 9:336, 
removed B. leucostigma from the synonymy of jararaca. 
B. jararacussu Lacerda. Distribution: also eastern Brasil from 
Bahia to Santa Catarina (Lema & Araujo, 1980, Iheringia 
56:63-70). 
- lanceolatus (Lacepede). 
981 B. lanceolatus aidae Sandner-Montilla, Mem. Cien. 
Ofidiol. 6:4. Type-locality: Agua Blanca, en las selvas 
de Guatopo, Estado Miranda, 25 km en via recta de 
Altagracia de Orituco. Distribution: only type locality. 
Comment: B. lanceolatus (sensu stricto) is restricted to 
Lesser Antillean island of Martinique, thus B. atrox 
aidae would be correct citation. 
B. leucurus Wagler, 1824, Revalidated by Hoge & Romano, 1971, 
in Bucherl & Buckley (eds.) Venomous Animals and Their 
Venoms. Vol. 2. 
B. lichenosus Roze = B. castelnaudi lichenosus. 
B. moojeni Hoge. Distribution: central and southeastern Brasil 
to Misiones, Argentina. 
B. masutus. See recent review by Wilson et al., 1981, Tulane 
Studs Zool. Bot. 22785-1007 
B. neuwiedi Wagler. Distribution: east of Andes and south of 
10 S in South America. 
B. picadoi. See recent review by Werman, 1984, J. Herpetol. 
18:207-10. 
B. roedingeri Mertens. Type-locality: Huayuri, not Huayri, 
(Titschak). 
- supraciliaris Taylor = B. schlegelii, fide Werman, 1984, J. 
Herpetol. 18:484-86. 
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Cercophis Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept. :26. Type-species: 
Dendrophis aurata Schlegel. 
Cercophis auratus (Schlegel) 
1837 Dendrophis aurata Schlegel, Essai Phys. Serp. :227. 
Type-locality: Paramaribo, Surinam. 
Cercophis auratus Fitzinger, 1843, Syst. Rept. :26. 
Cercophis auratus Hoogmoed, 1983, Mem. Inst. Butantan 
[1982] 42:225. 
Chironius! Fitzinger; 1843). 
1969 CG. barrioi Donoso-Barros, Bol. ‘Soc. Biol. Concepcion 41: 191. 
Type-locality: Bolivia, Beni, Laguna Suarez, near 
Trinidad. 
1970 C. cochranae Hoge & Romano, Mem. Inst. Butantan {1969] 34:93. 
Type-locality: Brasil, Para, Agua Preta, Utinga, Belem. 
Comment: Cunha & Nascimento, 1982, Bol. Mus. Paraense 
Emilio Goeldi (Zool.) 119:9, synonymized cochranae with 
multiventris. 
Cc. exoletus (Linnaeus). Revalidated by Hoge, Romano & Cordeiro 
1917:8i,6 (Miem. Tnisitic Butantan [6l9.7'6)/ 7:7 ]" 40:/41937-52. 
C. holochlorus (Cope). Revalidated by Donoso-Barros, 1969, 
maintained by Hoge, Romano & Cordeiro, 1978, Ibid 
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