Hist. Natur. Montevideo 10:1. Type-locality: Esmeralda, 
Territorio Federal de Amazonas, Venezuela. = L. 
signatus, fide Hahn, 1979, Herpetologica 35:57. 
1977 L. collaris Hoogmoed, Zool. Med. (Leiden) 51:100. Type 
locality: Surinam, Marowijne, Base Camp Nassau Mts. 
Distribution: Surinam and French Guiana. 
L. cupinensis Bailey & Carvalho. See Hoogmoed, 1977, Ibid. 
S99 12:3. 
1970 L. guayaquilensis Orejas-Miranda & Peters, Mitt. “Zool. Mus. 
Berlin 46:439. Type-locality: Ecuador, Guayas, 
Guayaquil. 
L. rubrolineatus (Werner). See Orejas-Miranda & Zug, 1974, 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 87:167-74. 
L. rufidorsus Taylor. See Orejas-Miranda & Zug, 1974, Ibid. 
87:167-74. 
L. septemstriatus (Schneider). See Hoogmoed, 1977, Ibid. 
51299=123% 
- signatus (Jan). 
861 Stenostoma signatum Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat..h1siols Ly: 1383. 
Type-locality: unknown; restricted to "northern 
Amazonian region of South America.", fide Hahn, 1979, 
YWerpetologica 35:57. 
L. striatula Smith & Laufe. Resurrected by Laurent, 1984, Acta 
Zool. Lilloana 38:33. 
1974 L. tricolor Orejas-Miranda & Zug, Ibid. 87:167. Type-locality: 
Peru, Ancash, Yunca Pampa, Huaylas. Distribution: Peru, 
from Cajamarca to Ancash, 2700-3300 CZug,y ULOT7 5 Gopeia 
(4):744). 
1984 L. vellardi Laurent, Acta Zool. Lilloana 38:30. Type-locality: 
Argentina, Formosa, Ciudad de Formosa. Distribution: 
known only from type locality. 
= 
l 
Liophis Wagler, 1830. 
1830 Liophis Wagler, Nat. Syst. Amph. :187. Type-species: Coluber 
cobella Linnaeus. 
1843 Dromicus Bibron, in la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Pol. Nat. Cuba 
4:133. Type-species: Dromicus angulifer Bibron. 
1843 Pariopeltis Fitzinger, Syst. Rept. :25. Type-species: Coluber 
triscalis Linnaeus. 
1843 Opheomorphus Fitzinger. 
1843 Leimadophis Fitzinger, Ibid. :26. Type-species: Coronella 
almadensis Fitzinger (= Natrix almadensis Wagler). 
1843 Pseudophis Fitzinger, Ibid. :26. Type-species: Xenodon 
schottii Boie (= Coluber schottii Fitzinger). 
1843 Lygophis Fitzinger, Ibid. :26. Type species: Herpetodryas 
lineatus Schlegel (= Coluber lineatus Linnaeus). 
1847 Limadophis Agassiz, Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ. $2410 3 
emendation for Leimadophis Fitzinger. 
1862 Ophiomorphus Cope. 
1878 Aporophis Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 17:34; substitute 
name for Lygophis. 
1894 Echinanthera Cope, Amer. Nat. 28:241. Type-species: Aporophis 
cyanopleurus Cope. 
1895 Taeniophallus Cope. 
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