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AMPHISBAENA 



Amph isbaena occ i dental i s townsendi Stejneger 



1511 Amph isbaena townsendi Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 41: 283. Type-locality: Piura, 



Peru. 

 1561 Amphisbaena occidentalis townsendi — Gans, Postilla, Yale Univ., 56: 8, figs. 5> It 



10-13. 



Distribution: Piura to Lobitos, coastal plain of Peru. 



AMPHISBAENA PERICENSIS Noble 



1921 Amphisbaena pericensis Noble, Ann. New York Acad. Sc i . , 2'): 141. Type-locality: Perico, Peru. 

 1963 Amphisbaena pericensis — Gans, Breviora, I85: 3» figs* 1-8. 



Distribution: Arid inland valleys of Rio Chinchipe and R'o Marañen, from Perico to Bellavista, Peru. 



AMPHISBAENA PLÚMBEA Gray 



I872 Amph isbaena plúmbea Gray, Cat. Shield Rept. Brit. Mus.. 2: 36- Type-locality: Mendoza, Argentina 

 1928 Amphisbaena plúmbea — Parker. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (lo) 2: 383. 



Distribution: West central Argentina. 



AMPHISBAENA POLYGRAMMICA Werner 



1500 Amphisbaena polyorammica Werner. Abh. Ber. Zool. Anthrop. Mus. Dresden, 9 (^J! 5- Type-locality: 

 Chanchamayo, Peru. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



AMPHISBAENA PRETREI Duméril and Bibron 



1839 Amphisbaena Pretrei Duméril and Bibron, Erp. Gen., 5' ''SG. Type-locality: Brazil. 



I865 Amph isbaena petrae i Gray ( in error), Proc. Zool. Soc. London, I865: 447- 



I878 Amphisbaena subocularis Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I878: 779> ^'9* 2. Type-locality: 



Pernambuco, Brazil. 

 I885 Amph i sbaena pretr i i Boulenger (emendation of pretre i Duméril and Bibron), Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 



2: 440. 

 1933 Amphisbaena brachyura Amaral. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 7 (1932): 55, figs. I-3. Type-locality: 



Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. 

 1938 Amphisbaena petrei Amaral (in error), Mem. Inst. Butantan, 11 (1937): I97. 



1965 Amphisbaena pretre i —Gans. Amer. Midi. Nat., 74: 39I, figs. 4-11. 



Distribution: Rio Grande do Norte to Minas Gerais, Brazil. 



AMPHISBAENA PRUNICOLOR (Cope) 



1885 Aporarchus prunicolor Cope. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 22 (l884): I89. Type-locality: Sao Joao do 

 Monte Negro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



1966 Amphisbaena prunicoloi Gans. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 134: 246. 



Distribution: Northern Argentina, southeastern Brazil, Paraguay. 

 Content: Two subspecies. 



