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Liophis miliaris semiaureus (Cope) 1862. 
SYNONYMS: fuscus Cope; ornata Jan. 
DISTRIBUTION: Paraguay, west and south of Iguazd Falls; northeastern 
Argentina; southern and eastern Uruguay; southern one-half of the 
Brasilian state of Rio Grande do Sul (see figure 1, p. 792, Dixon 1983). 
Liophis ornatus (Garman) 
Dromicus ornatus Garman 1887:281. Type locality: Saint Lucia, West Indies. 
Dromicus giganteus Jan 1863:67. Type locality: unknown (see Dixon, 1981, 
concerning the nature of this senior synonym) . 
Leimadophis boulengeri Barbour 1914:339 (replacement name for ornatus Garman) 
Liophis ornatus, Dixon 1981:13. 
DISTRIBUTION: Saint Lucia and the satellite island of Maria (see figure 1, p. 
792, Dixon 1983). 
Liophis paucidens (Hoge) 
Lygophis paucidens Hoge 1953:253. Type locality: Mato Verde, Mato Grosso, 
Brasil. 
Liophis paucidens, Dixon 1980:13. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from east-central Brasil (see figure 3, p. 9, 
Michaud and Dixon 1987). 
Liophis perfuscus Cope 
Liophis perfuscus Cope 1862:77. Type locality: Barbados. 
Liophis rufus Jan 1863:91. Type locality: unknown. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the West Indian island of Barbados (see figure 
1, P2975. Daxon 98h). 
Liophis poecilogyrus (Wied) 
Coluber poecilogyrus Wied 1825:371. Type locality: Barra de Jucu, Rio 
Espirito Santo, Brasil. 
Coluber m-nigrum Raddi 1820:338. Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. 
Natrix G. forsteri Wagler 1824:16. Type locality: Bahia, Brasil. 
Coluber doliatus Wied 1825:368. Type locality: Barra de Jucd, Rio Espirito 
Santo, Brasil. 
(enodon) schotti Schlegel 1837:91. Type locality: South America. 
pean merremii sublineatus Cope 1860:252. Type locality: Buenos Aires, 
Argentina. 
Opheomorphus doliatus caesius Cope 1862:348. Type locality: Santa Fé, 
Paraguay. 
Liophis subfasciatus Cope 1862:77. Type locality: Paraguay. 
Liophis ornatissima Jan 1863:53. Type locality: Parana (Brasil?). 
Liophis typhlus gastrostictus Jan 1863:53. Type locality: Fernambuco 
(= Pernambuco, Brasil). 
