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Eunectes Wagler, 1830 



Eunectes Wagler, 1830. Nat. Syst. Amphib.: 167. 

 Type species: Boa miirina Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae 10: 215. 



Eunectes notaeiis Cope 1 862 



Eunectes notaeus Cope, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1862: 70. 



Eunectes murinus Berg, 1898. An. Mus. Bs. As. 6: 10. 



Eunectes notaeus Serie, 1915. An. Mus. Bs. As. 27: 95. 

 Type locality: Rio Paraguay and tributary. 



Distribution: Corrientes, Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones and Santa Fe (Williams & Scrocchi, 1994; 

 Giraudo & Quaini, 1997). Also in Bolivia, Paraguay, west Brazil and Uruguay (Achaval & Olmos, 1997, 

 Henderson et al., 1995; Harvey, 1995). Chaquefia province Chaco Oriental district, Espinal province (in 

 aquatic environments) and Campos district and border areas of Paranaense province (in Parana River). 

 Always associated with aquatic environments. 



Family Elapidae 



Micrurus Wagler, 1824 



Micrurus Wagler, 1824. In Spix, Sp. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 48, pi. 18. 

 Type species: Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824. In Spix, Sp. Nov. Serp. Bras.: 48. 



Micrurus altirostris (Cope 1860) 



Elaps altirostris Cope, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1859: 345. 



Elaps heterochilus Mocquard, 1887. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 7(11): 39. 



Micrurus frontalis altirostris Schmidt, 1936. Zool. Ser. Field. Mus. Nat. Hist. 20:199. 



Micrurus altirostris Da Silva & Sites, 1999. Herp. Monog. 13: 156 

 Type locality: "South America" 



Distribution: Misiones, Corrientes and Entre Rios (Scrocchi, 1990; Vuoto, 1996b; Da Silva & Sites, 1999). 

 Paranaense province. Also in eastern Paraguay, south Brazil and Uruguay (Campbell & Lamar, 1989; 

 Achaval & Olmos, 1997; Da Silva & Sites, 1999). 



Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862) 



Elaps baliocoryphus Cope, 1862. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1862: 346 



Micrurus frontalis mesopotamicus Barrio & Miranda, 1968. Mem. Inst. Butantan 33: 872. 



Micrurus frontalis baliocoryphus Roze, 1982. Mem. Inst. Butantan 46: 323. 



Micrurus frontalis mesopotamicus Scrocchi, 1990. Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. nat. Torino 8 (2): 353. 



Micrurus frontalis baliocoryphus Roze, 1994. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 30: 179. 



Micrurus baliocoryphus Da Silva & Sites, 1999. Herp. Monog. 13: 162 

 Type locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Corrected to Villa Federal, Entre Rios, Argentina (type locality of 

 M. frontalis mesopotamicus) by Roze (1983). 



Distribution: Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa and Misiones (Scrocchi, 1990; Da Silva & Sites, 1999). Also 

 in southwestern Paraguay (Da Silva & Sites, 1999). Chaqueha (Chaquefio Oriental district), Espinal 

 (Nandubay district) provinces and transitional areas with Paranaense province (Campos district). Also in 

 western Santa Catarina, Brazil. 



Micrurus corallinus (Merrem 1820) 

 Elaps corallinus Merrem, 1820. Tentamen Systematic. Amphibiorum: 144. 

 Micrurus corallinus Amaral, 1925. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 67: 20. 



Micrurus corallinus corallinus Serie, 1936. Inst. Mus. Univ. La Plata. Obra Cincuentenario: 52. 

 Micrurus corallinus Peters & Orejas Miranda, 1970. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 297 1: 204. 

 Type locality: Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



Distribution: Misiones (Scrocchi, 1990). Also in east Paraguay and southeast Brazil towards northeast in 

 the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Norte (Campbell & Lamar, 1989; Silva & Nunes, 1996). Mentioned 

 with doubts in Uruguay by Campbell & Lamar (1989), it is not included in Achaval & Olmos (1997). 

 Paranaense province in Argentina. 



