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APPENDIX 



Table 1 Some representative specimens of Clelia, showing: sex, ventrals, scale row reduction pattern, scale row stretches on tail, 

 specimen of Oxyrhopus maculatus Boulenger. 



= type 



Tail row stretches 







V 



Row reductions 



scytalina 



68.4.7.7 



M 



212 



»19(12;5>)17 



68.4.7.8 



F 



209 



>»19(7;5>)17 



equatoriana 









60.6.16.47 



M 



201 



»17 



Geneva 2410.9 



M 



201 



»17 



60.6.16.48 



F 



217 



»17 



60.6016.49 



F 



219 



»17 



clelia 









74.8.4.56 



M 



216 



»17(44;5<)19(149;5>)17 



90.10.6.29 



M 



214 



>»17(41;4<)19(146;5>)17 



1926.4.30.14 



F 



238 



»17(43;4<)19(159;4>)17 



51.7.17.136 



M 



219 



>19(165;4>)17 



86.10.4.12 



M 



213 



»19(165;4>)17 



1929.10.19.2 



F 



237 



>19(209;5>)17 



1902.7.29.68 



F 



231 



»19(142;6>)17 



* 84.2.23.40 



F 



213 



»19(179;5>)17 



errabunda 









89.8.14.25 



M 



221 



»17 



MHNP 7598 



M 



224 



»17 



89.8.14.12 



F 



234 



»17 



1988.717 



F 



230.5 



»(7;4>)17 



rustica 









86.1.19.21 



M 



206 



»19(176;5>)17 



81.7.2.9 



M 



196 



>»19(129;4>)17 



95.9.17.21 



F 



212 



»19(177;4>)17 



1933.9.5.7 



F 



195 



»19(128;4>)17 



bicolor 









1927.8.1.234 



F 



178 



19(96;5>)17 



1980.1651 



F 



177 



19(108;4>)17 



>8 



75 



15 



11 



20 



25 



4 



83 



11 



14 



22 



30 



6 



75 



5 



17 



23 



30 







69 



4 



14 



18 



28 



5 



- 



3 



12 



20 



- 



- 



- 



5 



12 



21 



- 



- 



91 



10 



19 



26 



26 



10 



71 



6 



20 



27 



18 







82 



2 



8 



24 



26 



12 



91 



6 



20 



24 



33 



8 



64 



12 



13 



19 



17 



3 



84 



3 



14 



32 



30 



5 



55 



3 



7 



25 



20 







50 



3 



11 



20 



19 







84 



11 



15 



22 



34 







75+ 



15 



14 



21 



25+ 



- 



71 



5 



8 



27 



31 







- 



4 



11 



- 



- 



- 



61 



14 



22 



16 



9 







60 



6 



23 



17 



16 







55 



7 



17 



19 



12 







39 



3 



9 



21 



6 







59 



3 



15 



15 



21 



5 



58 



3 



12 



16 



23 



4 



