﻿art. 
  24 
  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  SNAKES 
  AMARAL 
  15 
  

  

  62. 
  PHILODRYAS 
  ELEGANS 
  (Tschudi) 
  

  

  Lygophis 
  elegans 
  Tschudi, 
  Faun. 
  Peruv., 
  Herp., 
  1845, 
  p. 
  53, 
  pi. 
  6. 
  

   Philodryas 
  elegans 
  Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  133. 
  

  

  Chile.— 
  1 
  specimen, 
  No. 
  64121 
  collected 
  in 
  Valparaizo, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Carlos 
  S. 
  Reed. 
  

  

  63. 
  PHILODRYAS 
  PSAMMOPHIDEUS 
  Guenther 
  

  

  Philodryas 
  psammophideus 
  Guenther, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  9, 
  

   1872, 
  p. 
  23, 
  pi. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  A. 
  — 
  Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  

  

  1896, 
  p. 
  132. 
  

  

  Philodryas 
  bolivianus 
  Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  132. 
  

   Philodryas 
  borellii 
  Peracca, 
  Boll. 
  Mus. 
  Zool. 
  Anat, 
  Univ. 
  Torino, 
  vol. 
  12, 
  

  

  1897, 
  no. 
  274, 
  p. 
  14. 
  

  

  Philodryas 
  psammophideus 
  Amaral, 
  Rev. 
  Mus. 
  Paulista, 
  vol. 
  14, 
  1924, 
  p. 
  31. 
  

  

  A 
  revision 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Amaral's 
  paper. 
  

  

  Argentina. 
  — 
  3 
  specimens: 
  Nos. 
  52593 
  (sc. 
  19; 
  v. 
  196; 
  c. 
  87 
  p.); 
  

   52594 
  (sc. 
  19; 
  v. 
  196; 
  c. 
  86 
  p.); 
  52595 
  (juv. 
  sc. 
  19; 
  v. 
  190; 
  c. 
  90 
  p.) 
  

   all 
  collected 
  in 
  Mendoza 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Carlos 
  S. 
  Reed. 
  

  

  64. 
  PHILODRYAS 
  BURMEISTERI 
  (Jan) 
  

  

  Dryophylax 
  burmeisteri 
  Jan, 
  in 
  Burmeister, 
  Reise 
  La 
  Plata, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  1861, 
  

  

  p. 
  529. 
  

   Philodryas 
  burmeisteri 
  Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  1896, 
  

  

  p. 
  135. 
  

  

  Argentina. 
  — 
  3 
  specimens: 
  No. 
  7304 
  (c. 
  123) 
  sent 
  from 
  Uspallata, 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  M'Lae, 
  No. 
  52961 
  sent 
  from 
  Mendoza, 
  by 
  Renato 
  Sanzin. 
  

   No. 
  63945 
  (loreal 
  fused 
  with 
  the 
  praefrontal 
  on 
  both 
  sides), 
  collected 
  

   at 
  General 
  Roca, 
  Rio 
  Negro, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Alexander 
  Wetmore. 
  

  

  65. 
  OXYBELIS 
  ACUMINATUS 
  (Wied) 
  

  

  Coluber 
  acuminatus 
  Wied, 
  Isis, 
  1824, 
  pt. 
  6, 
  June, 
  p. 
  667. 
  

   Oxybelis 
  acuminatus 
  Steindachner, 
  Novara 
  Exped., 
  Rept., 
  1867, 
  p. 
  72. 
  — 
  

   Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  192. 
  

  

  Numerous 
  specimens 
  from 
  various 
  localities 
  in 
  Central 
  and 
  South 
  

   America. 
  

  

  66. 
  OXYBELIS 
  ARGENTEUS 
  (Daudin) 
  

  

  Coluber 
  argenteus 
  Daudin, 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Rept., 
  vol. 
  6, 
  1803, 
  p. 
  336. 
  

   Oxybelis 
  argenteus 
  Dumeril 
  and 
  Bibron, 
  Erp. 
  Gen., 
  vol. 
  7, 
  1854, 
  p. 
  815. 
  — 
  

   Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  190. 
  

  

  Dutch 
  Guiana. 
  — 
  1 
  specimen, 
  No. 
  11153 
  sent 
  by 
  C. 
  J. 
  Hering. 
  

  

  67. 
  OXYBELIS 
  BREVIROSTRIS 
  (Cope) 
  

  

  Dryophis 
  brevirostris 
  Cope, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  1860, 
  p. 
  555 
  

   Oxybelis 
  brevirostris 
  Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  Snakes 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  1896, 
  p. 
  190. 
  

   Ecuador.— 
  3 
  specimens: 
  Nos. 
  20616, 
  20617, 
  and 
  20618. 
  

  

  