POT 2 
1862 Elaps pyrrhocryptus Cope. 
1902 Elaps simonsii Boulenger. 
Micrurus frontalis pyrrhocryptus Roze, 1983, Ibid.46:326. 
Distribution: northern Argentina. 
M. frontalis tricolor Hoge. 
1957 Micrurus tricolor Hoge. Type-locality: Garandazal 
mistake for Carandazal], Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. 
Micrurus frontalis tricolor Roze, 1983, Ibid. 46:326. 
Distribution: southern Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, and 
adjacent Paraguay. 
M. frontifasciatus (Werner). 
1927 Elaps frontifasciatus Werner. 
Micrurus lemniscatus frontifaciatus Roze, 1967. 
Micrurus frontifasciatus Roze, 1983, Ibid. 46:326. 
Distribution: eastern Andean slopes in Bolivia. 
M. ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820). See Vanzolini, Ramos-Costa & 
Vitt, 1980, Repteis Caatingas, Acad. Brasileira Cien. 
M. karlschmidti Romano, Mem. Inst. Butantan [1971] 35:111-15. 
Nomen novum for Leptomicrurus schmidti Hoge & Romano, 
L667 
M. langsdorffi Wagler. No subspecies, fide Cunha & 
Nascimento, 1982, Ibid. 116:8. 
1824 Micrurus langsdorffi Wagler. 
1868 Elaps imperator Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 
1868:110. Type-locality: Napo and Maranon. 
1868 Elaps batesi Gunther. 
1935 Micrurus mimosus Amaral. 
Micrurus langsdorffi langsdorffi Roze, 1967. 
Distribution: western Amazonia. 
M. lemniscatus carvalhoi Roze, 1967. Distribution: eastern 
Brasil, not “Amazon Basin of Brasil." 
M. lemniscatus frontifasciatus = M. frontifasciatus, fide 
ig Roze, 1983, Ibid. 46:326. 
M. mipartitus decussatus (D., B. & D. 1854). 
M. nigrocinctus nigrocinctus (Girard). 
1854 Elaps nigrocinctus Girard. 
1860 Elaps melanocephalus Hallowell. 
1951 Micrurus pachecoi Taylor. 
Micrurus nigrocinctus nigrocinctus Roze, 1983, Ibid. 
465313 Sila. 
Distribution: Pacific side of Central America from 
Nicaragua to Panama, and Colombian Choco. 
M. nigrocinctus melanocephalus = M. n. nigrocinctus, fide 
Rioizie: Wi9i8'3,5 sbbdid'.) 46: 33.1... 
M. ornatissimus (Jan). 
1858 Elaps ornatissimus Jan. 
1896 Elaps buckley Boulenger. 
1925 Micrurus albicinctus Amaral. Type-locality: Mato Grosso 
(now probably in Rondonia). 
Micrurus ornatissimus Cunha & Nascimento, 1982, Ibid. 
TAG e3 ye 
Distribution: western Amazonia. 
M. paraensis Cunha & Nascimento, fide Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 
1981, Mem. Inst. Butantan [1978/79] 42/43:400. 
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