Coluber saurocephalus Wied, 1824

Vanzolini, Paulo E. & Myers, Charles W., 2015, The Herpetological Collection Of Maximilian, Prince Of Wied (1782 - 1867), With Special Reference To Brazilian Materials, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2015 (395), pp. 1-155 : 57-58

Coluber saurocephalus Wied, 1824

1821 Reise 2: 124.

1824 Isis : 668 (diagnosis).

1825 Beitra¨ge: 359, pl. 2 ( fig. 6 , head).

PRESENT STATUS: Xenodon severus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

REMARKS: In the Reise Wied refers to a species ‘‘with the highest probability’’ equal to Coluber versicolor Merrem. In both the Isis and Beitra¨ge, he suspects his species of being a synonym of Coluber severus . He was right on both counts, since

Figures

Fig. 6. Holotype Agama picta Wied. Details of head in dorsal, lateral, and ventral view (AMNH R-108); 5 mm scale line.