Synophis bicolor Peracca, 1896

Pyron, R. Alexander, Arteaga, Alejandro, Echevarría, Lourdes Y. & Torres-Carvajal, Omar, 2016, A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis, Zootaxa 4171 (2), pp. 293-320 : 302-303

2. Synophis bicolor Peracca, 1896

Range. Chocoan lowlands of northwestern Ecuador , and presumably southwestern Colombia, ~ 200– 300m .

Description. Adult size ~ 360–410mm SVL and ~ 230–250mm TL in males, smooth nuchal scales; no nuchal collar; intranasals in contact; 2 postoculars; 9–11 infralabials; 8 supralabials; 174–183 ventrals; 129–143 subcaudals; and 19-19-17 dorsal scale-rows with single, weak keel.

Synophis calamitus BMNH 1940.2 .30.31 Río Solaya , Ecuađor - 0.010213 -78.819510 1008 Synophis calamitus CAS 23612 Chimborazo, Naranjapata , Ecuađor -2.266667 -79.083333 763

Synophis calamitus KU 164208 9 km SE Tanđayapa , Pichincha Province, Ecuađor - 0.047404 -78.632804 2169 Synophis calamitus KU 197107 4 km SE Tanđayapa , Pichincha Province, Ecuađor - 0.012514 -78.650697 1889 Synophis calamitus MCZ R-164530 Ecuađor, Pichincha, Tanđapi -0.419803 -78.801132 1714 Synophis calamitus MZUTI 3694 Tambo Tanđa, Ecuađor - 0.020108 -78.651012 2048 Synophis calamitus QCAZ 10453 Cotopaxi: Naranjito, Bosque Integral Otonga -0.417820 -78.988030 1655 Synophis calamitus QCAZ 10453 Naranjito, Bosque Integral Otonga ( BIO) -0.415967 -79.004800 2110 Synophis calamitus QCAZ 1136 Chiriboga -0.224530 -78.767750 1955 ……continued on the next page Species Collection Number Locality Latitude Longitude Elevation ……continued on the next page Notes. Populations representing S. bogerti , S. calamitus , S. niceforomariae , and S. zamora have previously been referred to as S. " bicolor " (e.g., Bogert 1964; Pyron et al. 2015; Torres-Carvajal et al. 2015).