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Lygophis dilepis COPE, 1862

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lema's Ground Snake, Lema’s Striped Snake
Portuguese: Cobra-D’água, Cobra-de-Cadarço, Cobra-de-Caçote, Cobra-de-Listra-Vermelha, Corre-Campo 
SynonymLygophis dilepis COPE 1862: 348 (nom. nud.)
Lygophis dilepis COPE 1862: 81
Aporophis dilepis — COPE 1885
Aporophis lineatus BOULENGER 1894
Aporophis dilepis— BOULENGER 1898: 126
Lygophis lineatus — AMARAL 1929
Lygophis lineatus dilepis — HOGE 1953: 251
Lygophis lineatus dilepis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 187
Liophis lineatus dilepis — DIXON 1980
Liophis dilepis — HOGE et al. 1981
Liophis dilepis — MICHAUD & DIXON 1987
Liophis dilepis — DIXON 1989
Liophis dilepis — CEI 1993
Liophis dilepis — LEYNAUD & BUCHER 1999: 21
Liophis dilepis —RODRIGUES 2003
Liophis dilepis — BERNILS et al. 2007
Lygophis dilepis — ZAHER et al. 2009
Lygophis dilepis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 412
Lygophis dilepis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBolivia (Beni), Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia, through Mato Grosso, Bahia, S Ceará, Paraíba), Paraguay, N Argentina (Formosa)

Type locality: Paraguay  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 5861 (old number as cited by COPE 1863) 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Greek di- (δι-), two + Greek lepis (λεπίς), scale; epithelial debris. (COPE 1862, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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