Rhinostoma bimaculatum Lutz & Mello, 1922b

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

Rhinostoma bimaculatum Lutz & Mello, 1922b

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Current status. Rodriguesophis iglesiasi (Gomes, 1915) . Synonymy after Bailey (1967) and recombination after Grazziotin et al. (2012).

Holotype. Adult male [in the original description the authors identified as likely female], AL-MN 5367, collector unknown, from the Municipality of Pirapora ( 17º20'42"S, 44º56'31"W [approximate]; 472 m asl [approximate]), State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Remarks. Holotype ( 435 mm SVL). No tissue sample available.

Figures

FIGURE 36. Dorsal (A), ventral (B), and lateral (C) views of head and dorsal (D) and ventral (E) views of body of the holotype of Rhinostoma bimaculatum Lutz & Mello, 1922b [= Rodriguesophis iglesiasi (Gomes, 1915)].