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OPHRYOESSOIDES 



QPHRYOESSOIDES FORMOSUS (Boulenger) 



1880 Liocephalus formosus Boulenger, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1880; 43. Type-locality: Andes of 



Ecuador. 

 1566 [ Ophryoessoides ] formosus — Etheridge, Copeia, 1566: 88. 



Distribution: Still known only from type specimen. 



OPHRYOESSOIDES GUENTHERI (Boulenger) 



1885 Liocephalus ouentheri Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., 2: I65, pi. I3. Type-locality: Guayaquil 



and Sarayacu, Ecuador, and a questioned specimen from Colombia. 

 1566 [ Ophryoessoides ] quenther i — Etheridge, Copeia, I566: 88. 



Distribution: Apparently confined to intei — Andean plateau in Ecuador. 



OPHRYOESSOIDES HAENSCHI (Werner) 



1901 Liocephalus haenschi Werner. Verh. Zool. -Sot. Ges. Wien, 5I: 555. Type-locality: Balzapamba, 



Ecuador. 



1333 Leiocephalus haench i — Burt and Burt (in error for haensch i ). Trans. Acad. Sc i . St. Louis, 28: 2/. 



1966 r Ophryoessoides J haenschi — Etheridge, Copeia, I966: 88. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



OPHRYOESSOIDES IRIDESCENS (Günther) 



1859 Liocephalus iridescens Günther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 185?: 409, pl- 20, fig. B. Type- 

 locality: Andes of Ecuador. 

 1966 [ Ophryoessoi des i r idescens — Etheridge, Copeia, I966: 88. 



Distribution: Guayaquil to El Oro Province, in drier coastal areas of Ecuador. 



OPHRYOESSOIDES ORNATUS (Gray) 



1845 Le iocephalus ornatus Gray, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus.: 219- Type-locality: Guayaquil, Ecuador. 

 1966 [_ Ophryoessoides J ornatus — Etheridge, Copeia, I966: 88. 



Distribution; West coast of Ecuador; northern coast of Peru. 



OPHRYOESSOIDES RHODOMELAS (Boulenger) 



I899 Liocephalus rhodomelas Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 4: 455. Type-locality: Ofia, Ecuador, 



6500 ft. 

 1966 i^ Ophryoesso i des J rhodomelas — Etheridge, Copeia, I966: 88. 



Distribution: Intei — Andean plateaus of southern Ecuador. 



OPHRYOESSOIDES SCAPULARIS (Boulenger) 



1901 L iocephalus scapular is Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 7' 5''^' Type-locality; Perene, Peru, 



2600 ft. 

 1966 [ Ophryoesso ides j scapular i s — Etheridge, Copeia, I966: 89. 



Distribution: Amazonian slopes of Peru. 



OPHRYOESSOIDES TRACHYCEPHALUS (Oumlril) 



I85I |_ Holotropis J Trachycephalus Duméril, Cat. Méth. Coll. Rept. Mus. Paris: 7". Type-locality: Santa 



Fé de Bogotá, Colombia. 

 1966 [ Ophryoessoides J trachycephalus — Etheridge, Copeia, I966: 89. 



Distribution: Highlands of eastern Andes of Colombia. 



