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BACHIA 



BACHIA BICOLOR (Cope) 



1896 Heteroclonium bicolor Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I896: 466. Type-locality: Bogotá, 



Colomb ia. 

 1922 Bachia bicoloi Ruthven, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 8: 63. 



Distribution: Sierra de Perija, Venezuela; eastern Colombia. 



BACHIA BLAIRI (Dunn), new combination 



19A0 Scolecosaurus blairi Dunn. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 92: II5. Type-locality: Puerto 

 Armuelles, Chiriquí, Panama. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



BACHIA BRESSLAUI (Amaral) 



1935 Apatelus bresslaui Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 9: 25O, figs. I-3. Type-locality: Estado de Sao 



Paulo, Brazil. 

 1961 Bacliia bresslau i — Vanzol i n i , Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 14: 200. 



Distribution: Originally thought to be Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil, but Vanzolini, Pap. Avul. Depto. 

 Zool. Sao Paulo, I9, I966, I89, described a specimen from Mato Grosso and expressed doubt about 

 the validity of type locality. 



BACHIA CUVIERI (pitzinger) 



1826 Brachypus cuvieri Fitzinqer. Neue Classification der Reptilien: 5O. Type-locality: Unknown. 



188S Scolecosaurus cuvieri — Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2; 416. 



1961 [ Bachia J cuv i er i — Vanzol i n i . Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 14: 204. 



Distribution: Possibly Brazil; still not known from any specific locality. Barbour, Copeia, 1933» 

 76, assigned to this species a specimen that may have come from Brazil. 



BACHIA DORBIGNYI (Oumeril and Bibron) 



1839 Chalcides Dorbignyi Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen., 5: 462. Type-locality: Santa Cruz, "Chile"; 



corrected by Vanzolini, Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 14, I96I, I98, to Santa Cruz de la 



S i erra, Bol i via. 

 1917 Bachia dorb i qny i — Gr i ff i n. Ann. Carnegie Mus., 11: 312. 

 1961 Bachia dorb i qny i —Vanzol i n i . Pap. Avul. Depto. Zool. Sao Paulo, 14: 198, figs. 4-7. 



Distribution: Eastern Bolivia; Mato Grosso, Brazil. 



BACHIA FLAVESCENS (Bonnaterre) 



1739 Chalcides flavescens Bonnaterre, Tabl. Encyclo. Meth., Erp.: 67, pi. 12, fig. 4. Type-locality; 

 Unknown. 



1801 Chamaesaura Cophias Schneider, Historiae Amphibiorum, 2: 2O9. Type-locality: None given. 



1802 Chalcides tridactylus Daudin. Hist. Nat. Rept., 4: 367, pi. 58, fig. 3. Type-locality: Unknown. 

 1922 B.[_ achia J flavescens — Ruthven. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 8: 63. 



Distribution: Northeastern South America to eastern Colombia. 



Comment: The trivial names flavescens , cophias , and tr idactylus were all based on the figure on 

 plate 32, of Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Quad. Ovip., I789, with two of the authors reproducing the 

 figure, and the third citing it in his text. All have the same "Iconotype", and are strict 

 synonyms. 



BACHIA HETEROPA (L ichtenste in) 



1856 Chalcides heteropus L i chtenste in. Nomenclátor Musei Zoologici Berolinensis: I7. Type-locality: 



La Guaira, Venezuela. 

 1925 B. [ achia ] heteropus — Ruthven, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 38: IO5. 



Distribution: Venezuela. 



