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AMPHISBAENA 



AMPHISBAENA GRACILIS Strauch 



1881 Amphlsbaena gracilis Strauch, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 28; col. 7O. Type-locality: 

 Unknown, but apparently America. 



Distribution: Known only from type material. 



Comment: The status of this form is in considerable doubt, according to Cans, Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., 135, 1567, 71. 



AMPHISBAENA HEATH! Schmidt 



1936 Amphisbaena heathi Schmidt. Herpetolog ica, 1: 2?, pi. 3, fig. 1. Type-locality: Baixa Verde, 



Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. 

 1%'i Amphisbaena heathi — Cans. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., (4) 3I: 615, figs. 2-6. 



Distribution: Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. 



AMPHISBAENA HOGEI Vanzolini 



iq')0 Amphisbaena darwini hoqei Vanzolini, Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool., Sao Paulo, 9: 7O. Type-locality: 



llha dos Alcatrazes, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

 1966 Amphisbaena hoqei — Gans. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 134: 25O, pi. 43, figs. 4-6; pi. 44, figs. 



4-6; figs. 42-43. 



Distribution: Eastern Sao Paulo to Santa Catarina, llha dos Alcatrazes, llha Queimada Grande, 

 Brazil. 



AMPHISBAENA LEESERI Gans 



1564 Amphisbaena leeseri Gans, Copeia, 1964: 554, figs. 3-9. Type-locality: Urucum, Mato Grosso, 

 Brazil. 



Distribution: Southwestern Mato Grosso, Brazil to Rio Apa, northern Paraguay. 



AMPHISBAENA LEUCOCEPHALA Peters 



1878 Amphisbaena leucocephala Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I878: 778, fig. 1. Type-locality: 



Bahía, Brazil. 

 196s Amphisbaena leucocephala — Gans, Amer. Midi. Nat., 74: 402, figs. 12-14. 



Distribution: Bahía, Brazil. 



AMPHISBAENA MERTENS I I Strauch 



1881 Amphisbaena mertens i i Strauch, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 28: col. 66. Type-locality: 



"Wahrscheinlich an irgend einem Kustenpunkte Sud Amerikas"; restricted to State of Sao Paulo, 



Brazil, by Gans, Copeia, I966, 535. 

 189* Amphisbaena Bohlsii Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) I3: 344. Type-locality: Near Asuncion, 



Paraguay. 

 1898 Amphisbaena mattoqrossens i s Peracca. Boll. Mus. Zool. Comp. Anat. Univ. Torino, I3 (326): 1, 



Type-locality: Colonia Teresa Cristina, Mato Grosso, Brazil. 

 1911 Amphisbaena carruccii Masi, Boll. Soc. Zool. Italiana, (2) 12: 23O. Type-locality: Cerro S. Ana, 



Territorio de Misiones, Argentina. 

 1911 Amphisbaena boulenqeri Mas!, Boll. Soc. Zool. Italiana, (2) 12: 232. Type-locality: Cerro S. 



Ana, Territorio de Misiones, Argentina. 

 1933 Amphisbaena albissima Amaral. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 7 (1932): 55, figs. 4-6. Type-locality: 



Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 

 1966 Amphisbaena mertens i -Gans, Copeia, I966: 534, figs. 1-10. 



Distribution: Southeastern Brazil to Misiones, northern Argentina and eastern Paraguay. 



