Romano, 1978, Mem. Inst. Butantan [1976/77] 40/41:53-54. 
Lampropeltis Fitzinger, 1843. 
Williams, 1978, Milwaukee Public Mus. Publ. Biol. Geol. (2):1-258, 
revised L. triangulum with new subspecies descriptions, complete 
synonymies and key to all subspecies. 
L. triangulum (Lacepede). 
1978 L. triangulum andesiana Williams, Ibid. (2):231. 
Type-locality: "near Cali, Colombia, Valle." 
Distribution: Andes of northwestern Colombia. 
1978 L. triangulum hondurensis Williams, Ibid. (2):212. 
Type-locality: "Cukra, Departmento de Zelaya, 
Nicaragua." Distribution: Caribbean versant of Honduras 
(except the northwestern corner) and Nicaragua. 
1978 L. triangulum stuarti Williams, Ibid. (2):217. 
Type-locality: "Finca Los Cedros (100 m), Tecla, 
Departmento La Libertad, El Salvador." Distribution: 
Pacific versant of El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and 
northwestern Costa Rica. 
Leimadophis Fitzinger, 1843, sensu Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 = 
Liophis Wagler, except for the following species: 
L. atahuallpae (Steindachner) = Saphenophis atahuallpae 
(Steindachner), fide Myers, 1973, Amer. Mus. Novit. 
ZiDi2i2i Al 1377 
L. simonsii (Boulenger) = Philodryas simonsii Boulenger, fide 
Thomas, 1977, Ibid. (4):648-52. 
L. pygmaeus (Cope) = Umbrivaga pygmaea (Cope), fide Markezich 
& Dixon, 1979, Copeia (4):698-701. 
Leptodeira Fitzinger, 1843. 
The key to the Brasilian subspecies of L. annulata does not work 
properly. 
Leptomicrurus Schmidt, 1937 = Micrurus Wagler, 1824, fide 
Romano, 1972, Mem. Inst. Butantan [1971] 35:111-15. 
L. schmidti Hoge & Romano = Micrurus karlschmidti (nomen 
novum) Romano, 1972, Ibid. 35:111-15. 
Leptophis Bell, 1824. 
Key to all species in Mertens, 1973, Stud. Neotrop. Fauna 8:141-54. 
L. ahaetulla chocoensis Oliver = L. a. urostictus (W. Peters), 
filide Mer te'nis:,. 197)3),u<o pre: cit. 
L. modestus (Gunther). Revalidated by Mertens, 1973, op. cit. 
Distribution: southern Mexico to El Salvador. 
Leptotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843. 
L. albifrons (Wagler). 
1824 Stenostoma albifrons Wagler. 
Leptotyphlops albifrons Stejneger. 
Leptotyphlops tenella Klauber = L. albifrons fide 
Hoogmoed & Gruber, 1983, Spixiana Suppl. 9:339. 
Distribution: Trinidad, Guianas and eastern Amazonia. 
1969 Leptotyphlops amazonicus Orejas-Miranda, Comun. Zool. Mus. 
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