Coluber testaceus 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 : 53-54

Coluber testaceus Wied, 1824

1824 Isis : 667 (diagnosis).

1825 Beitra¨ge: 320.

PRESENT STATUS: Uncertain, a nomen dubium.

REMARKS: This species was diagnosed in the Isis and described in the Beitra¨ge, evidently from one specimen, but not figured. It was not indexed by Boulenger (1896) or by Peters and Orejas-Miranda (1970) and has not been identified in the literature. There are no specimens in the collection.

Coluber testaceus Wied, 1824 , is a junior homonym of Coluber testaceus Say, 1823 .

Coluber acuminatus Wied, 1824 Plate 31 and figure 16 (holotype)

1824 Isis : 667 (diagnosis).

1825 Beitra¨ge: 322.

1831 Abbildungen: Lief. 14.

PRESENT STATUS: Oxybelis aeneus ( Wagler, 1824) .

REMARKS: Wied said in the Beitra¨ge account that despite a few differences this snake seemed identical with Dryinus aeneus . Wied’s 1860 manuscript catalog acknowledges Dume´ril and Bibron’s placement of his snake as a synonym of aeneus : ‘‘ Oxybelis aeneus D.B. ( Col. acuminatus W.)’’; it is species no. 160 in the catalog.

The only specimen in the collection, AMNH R-3886, is the holotype of Wied’s acuminatus , as discussed by Bogert and Oliver (1945: 389–390), who compared the specimen in detail with the 1825 description.

Figures

Fig. 16. Holotype of Coluber acuminatus Wied (AMNH R-3856).