Xenodon hemileucurus Lutz & Mello, 1922a

Passos, Paulo, Rodrigues, Rafael, Pinna, Pedro H., Woitovicz-Cardoso, Manoela, Fernandes, Ronaldo & Caramaschi, Ulisses, 2025, Filling gaps between museum and society: An illustrated catalog of the primary type specimens of Squamata housed in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Zootaxa 5698 (1), pp. 1-91 : 55

Xenodon hemileucurus Lutz & Mello, 1922a

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Current status. Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863 . Synonymy after Amaral (1929b).

Lectotype. Adult female, MNRJ 404 , Theophilo Theotonio leg., from the Municipality of São Simão do Manhuassú, currently Municipality of Simonésia (20º07'26"S, 42º00'03" [approximate]; 580 m asl [approximate]) State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Remarks. Lectotype ( 636 mm SVL), no tissue samples available. Three syntypes are mentioned in the original description, but two of them are apparently lost. The MNRJ 404 was designated lectotype by Soares & Fernandes (2001) because it was the only specimen from the original type series found at that time in the MNRJ collection. The two remain specimens (unknown numbers, since cataloging started only at 1940’s), if located, are paralectotypes.

Figures

FIGURE 37. Dorsal (A), ventral (B), and lateral (C) views of head and dorsal (D) and ventral (E) views of body of the lectotype of Xenodon hemileucurus Lutz & Mello, 1922a [= Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863].