﻿art. 
  24 
  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  SNAKES 
  AMARAL 
  5 
  

  

  19. 
  LEPTOPHIS 
  LIOCERCA 
  (Berthold) 
  

  

  Dendrophis 
  liocercus 
  Berthold, 
  Abh. 
  Ges. 
  Wiss. 
  Goettingen, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  1847, 
  

  

  p. 
  11. 
  

   Ahaelulla 
  occidentalis 
  Guenther, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1859, 
  p. 
  412. 
  

   Leptophis 
  occidentalis 
  Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1894, 
  

  

  p. 
  111. 
  

  

  Ecuador. 
  — 
  4 
  specimens, 
  No. 
  12272, 
  from 
  Guayaquil; 
  No. 
  12352, 
  

   collected 
  in 
  Guayaquil 
  by 
  F. 
  N. 
  Clark, 
  and 
  Nos. 
  14021 
  and 
  14039 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Jones. 
  

  

  20. 
  LEPTOPHIS 
  RIVETI 
  Despax 
  

  

  Leptophis 
  riveti 
  Despax, 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Paris, 
  1910, 
  p. 
  26. 
  

  

  Ecuador. 
  — 
  1 
  specimen: 
  No. 
  62791, 
  male, 
  sc. 
  15, 
  v. 
  138, 
  a. 
  1, 
  

   c. 
  109 
  p., 
  t. 
  12/1 
  1; 
  dorsal 
  scales 
  strongly 
  keeled 
  but 
  the 
  outer 
  row; 
  

   keels 
  present 
  from 
  neck 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  tail; 
  bluish 
  brown 
  above, 
  keels 
  of 
  

   scales 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  ventrals 
  lighter; 
  lips, 
  chin, 
  and 
  throat 
  yellowish. 
  

  

  21. 
  LEIMADOPHIS 
  3 
  POECILOGYRA 
  (Wicd) 
  

  

  Coluber 
  poecilogyrus 
  Wied, 
  Abbild. 
  Naturg. 
  Brasil., 
  1824, 
  p. 
  8. 
  

   Liophis 
  poecilogyrus 
  Jan, 
  Arch. 
  Zool. 
  Anat. 
  Phys., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1863, 
  p. 
  291. 
  — 
  

   Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  131. 
  

  

  Brazil. 
  — 
  1 
  specimen, 
  No. 
  11135, 
  collected 
  in 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro 
  by 
  

   W. 
  Harrison. 
  

  

  Uruguay. 
  — 
  3 
  specimens, 
  Nos. 
  65550 
  and 
  65600, 
  collected 
  in 
  

   Minas 
  by 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  Felippone 
  and 
  No. 
  64119, 
  collected 
  in 
  San 
  Vicente, 
  

   Department 
  Rocha, 
  by 
  A. 
  Wetmore. 
  

  

  22. 
  LEIMADOPHIS 
  ALMADENSIS 
  (Wagler) 
  

  

  Natrix 
  almadensis 
  Wagler, 
  in 
  Spix, 
  Species 
  Novae 
  Serp. 
  Brazil., 
  1824, 
  p. 
  

  

  30, 
  pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

   Leimadophis 
  almadensis 
  Fitzinger, 
  Syst. 
  Rept., 
  1843, 
  p. 
  26. 
  

   Liophis 
  almadensis 
  Cope, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  1862, 
  p. 
  78. 
  — 
  

  

  Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  134. 
  

  

  Paraguay. 
  — 
  2 
  specimens, 
  No. 
  12402, 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  Paraguay 
  

   Expedition. 
  

  

  23. 
  LEIMADOPHIS 
  REGINAE 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  Coluber 
  reginae 
  Linnaeus, 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  ed. 
  10, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  1758, 
  p. 
  219. 
  

   Liophis 
  reginae 
  Guenther, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  1858, 
  p. 
  46. 
  — 
  Bou- 
  

   lenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1S94, 
  p. 
  137. 
  

  

  Brazil. 
  — 
  1 
  specimen, 
  No. 
  28945, 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  Lower 
  Amazon 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Steere. 
  

  

  8 
  The 
  generic 
  name 
  Leimadophis 
  Fitzinger, 
  18*13 
  (Syst. 
  Rept., 
  1843, 
  p. 
  26) 
  must 
  be 
  reserved 
  for 
  those 
  

   species 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  almadensis 
  (genus 
  Liophis 
  in 
  Boulenger's 
  Catalogue) 
  while 
  the 
  name 
  Liophis 
  

   Fitzinger, 
  1843 
  (same 
  reference) 
  must 
  be 
  reserved 
  for 
  those 
  species 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  cobella 
  (genus 
  Rha- 
  

   dinaea 
  in 
  Boulenger's 
  Catalogue). 
  

  

  