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Philodryas biirmeisteri Berg, 1898. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Bs. As. 6; 26. 

 Chlorosoma biirmeisteri Amaral, 1929. Mem. Inst. Butantan 4: 42. 



Philodryas burmeisteri Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 297 (I): 242. 

 Philodryas trilineatiis Cei, 1993. 

 Type locality: Mendoza, Argentina. 



Distribution: Catamarca, Chubut, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San 

 Luis and Tucuman. Monte province. 



Philodryas varius (Jan, 1863) 

 Liophis wagleri var. i^ar/a Jan, 1863. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. 2: 301. 

 Philodryas borellii Peracca, 1897. Bol. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torino, 12 (274): 14. 

 Philodryas bolivianus (partim) Werner, 1909. Hamburg. Jahrb. Wiss. Anst. 26: 230. 

 Philodryas bolivianus Serie, 1921. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 92: 21. 

 Philodryas psammophideus Amaral, 1926. Rev. Mus. Paulista 14: 20. 



Philodryas psammophideus {partim) Peters & Orejas Miranda, 1970. Bull. U. S. nat. Mus. 297 (1): 244. 

 Philodryas patagoniensis haywardi Laurent, 1973. Acta. zool. lilloana 26 (20): 291. 

 Philodryas borelli, Thomas, Laurent & Barrio, 1977. Herpetologica 33: 82. 

 Philodryas varius Thomas & Johnson, 1984. J. Herpet. 18: 80. 

 Type locality: Veracruz (mistake for Santa Cruz de la Sierra), Bolivia. 



Distribution: Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta and Tucuman. In Bolivia to Cochabamba (Thomas, 1977). Mainly in 

 Yungas region, but can be found in bordering areas of Monte and Chaquefia province. 



Phimophis Cope, 1860 

 Rhinosimiis Dumeril, Bibron et Dumeril,1854. Erp. Gen. 7: 991 (preoccupied by Rhinosimiis 

 LatreiUe, 1802-1803). 



Phimophis Cope, 1860. Proc. Acad.Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1860): 79. Nombre substitute 

 para Rhinosimiis Dumeril, Bibron et Dumeril, 1854.Erp. Gen. 7: 991, Official Generic Name No. 1585 

 ICZN Op. 698. 



Type species: Rhinosimus Guerini Dumeril, Bibron et Dumeril, 1854. Erp. Gen. 7: 991. 



Phimophis guerini (Dumeril, Bibron et Dumeril 1854) 



Rhinosimiis Guerini Dumeril, Bibron et Dumeril, 1854. Erp. Gen. 7: 991. 



Oxyrhopus guerini Boulenger, 1896. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 113. 



Rhinostoma scytaloides Werner, 1913. Mitt. Natur. Mus. Hamburg. 30: 31. 



Rhinostoma giiianense Serie (partim), 1915. An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Bs. As. 27: 100. 



Rhinosimus amarali Mello, 1926. Mem. Inst. O. Cruz 19: 128. 



Pseudoboa guerini Serie, 1936. Inst. Mus. Univ. La Plata, Obra Cincuentenario: 47. 



Phimophis guerini BaUey, 1962. Bull. Zool. Nomen. 19: 164. 

 Type locality: Unknown. 



Distribution: Cordoba, Corrientes, Chaco, Entre Ri'os, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe and Tucuman (Serie, 

 1915; Abdala, 1990; Leynaud & Chiaraviglio, 1996; Giraudo & Quaini, 1997). Chaquefia province and 

 transitional areas with Paranaense province (Campos district). 



Phimophis vittatus (Boulenger) 



Rhinostoma vittatum Boulenger, 1896. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 3: 1 15. 



Rhinostoma guianense Serie, 1915. (partim). An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Bs. As. 27: 100. 



Rhinostoma vittatum Serie, 1936. Inst. Mus. Univ. La Plata, Obra Cincuentenario: 49. 



Phimophis vittatus Bailey, 1970. In Peters & Orejas-Miranda, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 297 (I): 246. 

 Type locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Probably in error). 



Distribution: Catamarca, Cordoba, Chaco, Formosa, La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago 

 del Estero and Tucuman. It needs confirmation in Entre Ri'os (Abdala, 1990; Lavilla et al., 1995; Giraudo & 

 Quaini, 1997; Alvarez et al., 1996). Chaquena and Monte province. 



