Chironius foveatus Bailey, 1955

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Holotype. Adult male, MNRJ 1840, collected by V. Rosa on 10 August 1944 at Fortuna River (14°47'S, 39°02'W [approximate]; 52 m asl [approximate]), Municipality of Ilhéus, State of Bahia, Brazil.

Paratypes. MACN (two uncatalogued specimens), MNRJ 583, UMMZ 115648, MZUSP 675, MZUSP 679, MZUSP 1271, MZUSP 1272, MZUSP 1268 .

Remarks. Holotype (1444 mm SVL). The paratype MNRJ 2889 was exchanged with UMMZ. No tissue samples available. All MZUSP paratypes were formerly catalogued as DZSP.