estern Andean slopes of southern Ecuador, south to 
central Peru. 
L. epinephelus lamonae Dunn, fide Dixon, 1983, Ibid. :139. 
> Distribution: eastern slopes of Andes of Colombia from 
1500-2600 m, south to east-central Ecuador. 
L. epinephelus opisthotaenia Boulenger, fide Dixon, 1983, 
Ibid. :139. Distribution: Merida region of Venezuela 
and Paramo de Tama region of Venezuela and Colombia. 
L. epinephelus pseudocobella Peracca, fide Dixon, 1983, Ibid. 
139. Distribution: middle elevations of central and 
western areas of Colombian Andes south to Ecuador. 
L. flavifrenatus (Cope). Distribution: southern Brasil, 
Uruguay, Paraguay and northern Argentina. 
L. fraseri Boulenger. Distribution: also Peru, Huancabamba 
a Depression (Duellman, 1979). 
L. frenatus (Werner), fide Dixon, Ibid. 17:161. 
1909 Rhadinaea frenata Werner. 
1923 Rhadinaea brazili Amaral, Proc. New England Zool. Club 
7:87. Type-locality: Julio Pontes, SP. 
Distribution: southeastern Brasil and Paraguay. 
L. jaegeri (Gunther). Distribution: central & southern 
Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and northern Argentia. 
joberti (Sauvage). Incertae sedis, fide Dixon, 1980, Ibid. 
S97 
L. lineatus (Linnaeus). No subspecies, fide Dixon, 1980, 
Ebiid. 3 131.0). 
1758 Coluber lineatus Linnaeus. 
1758 Coluber minervae Linnaeus. 
1766 Coluber jaculatrix Linnaeus. 
1789 Coluber jaculus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Serp. :104, 297; 
nomen novem for Coluber jaculatrix. 
1826 Coluber terlineatus Lacepede. 
Distribution: Panama to Amazonia. 
L. longiventris Amaral. Distribution: Rio Manjuru, Amazonas, 
Brasil; camp at 12 51°S, 51 46°W, Mato Grosso. 
L. melanauchen (Jan). Distribution: known from only type 
locality. 
L. melanostigma (Wagler). Incertae sedis, fide Dixon, 1980, 
UG) oy, Bo NS sh) yee 
1824 Natix melanostigma Wagler. 
1868 Lygophis nicagus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Philadelphia 1868:132; based on Enicognathus 
melanocephalus Jan in Jan & Sordelli, Icon. Gen. 
Ophid. lorr:4. 
1885 Aporophis cyanopleurus Cope. 
Distribution: Atlantic forest of Brasil from Minas Gerais 
and Espirito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul. 
L. melanotus (Shaw). Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, 
Trinidad and Tobago. 
L. meridionalis (Schenkel). 
1902 Aporophis Aporophis lineatus var. meridionalis Schenkel. 
Distribution: central Brasil to Paraguay and northern 
Argentina. 
L. miliaris (Linnaeus). 
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