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Liophis melanostigmus Lema, 1989. Acta Biol. Leopoldensia 11 (1): 30. 



Echinantera cyanopleura Di Bernardo, 1992. Comun. Mus. Cienc. PUCRS, ser. zool. 5 (13): 235. 

 Type locality: Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 



Distribution: Misiones (Giraudo et al., 1996). In Brazil, from Sao Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul (Di Bernardo, 

 1992, 1996). Paranaense province. 



Echinantera occipitalis (Jan, 1863) 

 Coronella elegans Gunther Cat. Col. Sn. Brit. Mus.: 38. 

 E. [nicognatus] occipitalis }m, 1863. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisol. 2: 267. 

 Dromicus (Lygophis) Wuchereri Gunther, 1863. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3 (12): 325. 

 Dromicus miolepis Boettger, 1891. Zool. Anz. 14: 345. 



Rhadinaea occipitalis Boulenger, 1894. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 2: 175. 

 Liophis occipitalis Amaral, 1929. Mem. Inst. Butantan 4: 89. 

 Rhadinaea occipitalis Myers, 1974. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 153: 209. 

 Echinanthera occipitalis Di Bernardo, 1992. Comun. Mus. Cienc. PUCRS, ser. zool., 5 : 236. 

 Thaeniophalliis occipitalis Myers & Cadle, 1994. Amer. Mus. Novitates (3102): 4 

 Type locality: Bahia, Brazil 



Distribution: Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Ri'os, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and 

 Tucuman (Boulenger, 1894; Koslowsky, 1898; Serie, 1936; Laurent, 1979; Gallardo, 1982; MonguHlot, 

 1991; Giraudo, 1997, Cacivio et al, 1999). Wide distribution in South America, northeastern Peru and Brazil, 

 to Uruguay (Boulenger, 1894; Devincenzi, 1925; Myers, 1974; Di Bernardo, 1992; Achaval & Olmos 1997). 

 In Argentina, in the Paranaense, Chaquena and Yungas provinces. 



Echinantera poecilopogon (Cope, 1863) 



Dromicus affiinis Gunther 1858 (partim). Cat. Col. Snakes Brit. Mus. 128. 



Rhadinaea poecilopogon Cope, 1863. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 100. 



E. [nicognathus] elegans Jan, 1863. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. 2: 268. 



Dromicus melanocephalus Peters, 1863. Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1863: 277. 



Coronella poecilopogon Boulenger, 1885. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 15: 194. 



Enicognathus bilineatus Fischer, 1885. Jahr. Wiss. Anst. Hamburg 2: 98. Fig. 5. 



Liophis poecilopogon Amaral, 1929. Mem. Inst. Butantan 4: 89. 



Rhadinaea poecilopogon Prado, 1943. Mem. Inst. Butantan 17: 13. 



Tliaeniophallus poecilopogon Myers & Cadle, 1994. Amer. Mus. Novitates (3102) : 4 

 Type locality: Paysandii, Uruguay. 



Distribution: Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios and Misiones (Cei, 1993). Also in Santa Catarina and 

 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, southeastern Paraguay and Uruguay (Di Bernardo, 1992; Achaval & Olmos 

 1997). Mainly in Pampeana and Espinal provinces. 



Comments: The reference for Misiones are from Koslowsky (1898) and Serie (1936). The only Argentinian 

 individual studied by the authors is housed at MACN without numeration and with "Argentina" as the only 

 information. Cei (1993) mentioned one specimen with a precise locality. 



Erythrolamprus Wag\er, 1830 



Erythrolamprus Waglcr, 1830. Nat. Syst. Amph.: 187. 



Erythrophis Fitzinger, 1843. Systema Reptilium: 25. 

 Type species: Coluber agilis L. 1766. Syst. Nat. 12: 381, by original designation. 



Erythrolamprus aesculapii venustissimus (Wied, 1821) 

 Coluber venustissimus Wied, 1821. Reise nach Brazilien 2: 75. 

 Erythrolamprus aesculapii Boulenger, 1896. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 200. 

 Eiythrolamprus aesculapii venustissima Machado, 1945. Bol. Inst. V. Brazil 5: 77. 

 Erythrolamprus aesculapii venustissimus Peters & Orejas-Miranda,1970. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 297 (I): 112. 



Type locality: Unknown, not mentioned in the original description. 



