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6.a Ventrals from 148-166 (x= 158.7); dorsum dark brown 
to black with many scattered white flecks; edges 
of ventrals and subcaudals heavily marked with 
black from midbody to the tip of the tail 
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b Ventrals from 135-156 (X= 146.5); dorsum with a series 
of dark brown to black dorsal and lateral blotches 
on a light tan, greenish or brown ground color, with 
a dorsolateral light line separating the dorsal and 
lateral blotches posteriorly. Occasionally, the 
dorsum is uniform in color with a light center to 
each scale; ventrals and subcaudals immaculate white 
OFC TEAM di icnctansyetaesftusgciebecaraternagee smepokneuchs: aptelbts he miliaris merremii 
Liophis miliaris miliaris (Linnaeus) 1758. 
SYNONYMS: purpurans Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril; orientalis Ginther; 
collaris Jan. 
DISTRIBUTION: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (see figure 1, p. 792, 
Dixon 1983). 
Liophis miliaris amazonicus (Dunn) 1922. 
DISTRIBUTION: Santarém, Brasil, south to Rio Iténez, Beni, Bolivia, east 
and south to Mato Grosso, Brasil (see figure 1, p. 792, Dixon 1983). 
Liophis miliaris chrysostomus (Cope) 1868. 
SYNONYM: poecilolaemus Giinther. 
DISTRIBUTION: Rainforests of Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador and Pert (see 
figure 1, p. 792, Dixon 1983). 
Liophis miliaris merremii (Wied) 1821. 
SYNONYMS: australis Giinther; bicolor Reuss; dictyodes Wied. 
DISTRIBUTION: Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil, south-southwest to Rio de 
Janeiro (principally the Brasilian Atlantic rainforest). 
Liophis miliaris mossoroensis Hoge and Lima-Verge 1972. 
DISTRIBUTION: Northeastern Brasil, primarily Caatinga and dry Cerrado 
(see figure 1, p. 792, Dixon 1983). 
Liophis miliaris orinus (Griffin) 1914. 
SYNONYM: natricoides Werner. 
DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Brasil, from southern Minas Gerais, south 
through the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, to the northern 
one-third of Rio Grande do Sul (see figure 1, p. 792, Dixon 1983). 
