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3.a Ventrals vary from 130-147 (x= 138.4) ......... cobellus dyticus 
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Liophis cobellus cobellus (Linnaeus) 1758:292. 
SYNONYMS: serpentinus Daudin, cenchrus Daudin. 
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Guyana Shield, exclusive of Venezuela Tepui 
system; also Trinidad (see figure 4, p. 158, Dixon 1983). 
Liophis cobellus dyticus Dixon 1983:159. Type locality: Monte Carmelo 
(= Requena), Loreto, Peru. 
DISTRIBUTION: Western Amazon Basin, from Loma Linda, Colombia, south to 
Buenavista, Bolivia, east to Pérto Velho, Brasil (see figure 4, p. 158, 
Dixon 1983). 
Liophis cobellus taeniogaster Jan 1863:292. (see above) 
DISTRIBUTION: Northeast Brasil, from Isla Bananal, east to central 
Bahia, north to Rio Amazonas (south bank) (see figure 4, p. 158, Dixon 
1983). 
Liophis cobellus trebbaui Roze 1958:262. 
SYNONYM: ingeri Roze. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the Chimanta and Auyan Tepuis, and km 
marker 144 of the El Dorado-Santa Elena highway, Bolivar, Venezuela 
(see figure 4, p. 158, Dixon 1983). 
Liophis cursor (Lacépéde) 
Coluber cursor Lacépéde 1789:96. Type locality: Martinique. 
Coluber fugitivus Donndorf 1798:206. Type locality: Martinique. 
Liophis putnami Cope 1862:78. Type locality: Martinique. 
Liophis cursor andreoides Werner 1924:36. Type locality: Grenada. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the island of Martinique, West Indies (see 
figure 1, p. 297, Dixon 1981). 
Liophis dilepis (Cope) 
Lygophis dilepis Cope 1862:348. Type locality: Paraguay. 
Liophis dilepis, Dixon 1980:7. 
DISTRIBUTION: From northeast Brasil, south to southern Brasil, and Paraguay, 
extending northwest to southern Bolivia (see figure 1, p. 4, Michaud and 
Dixon 1987). 
