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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Adelphostigma
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Adelphostigma

Twin-spotted Leaf-litter Snakes

Zweiflecken-Streunattern

Dobbeltplettede Førnesnoge

2022 Adelphostigma Abegg, Santos Jr., Costa, Battilana, Graboski, Vianna, Azevedo, Fagundes, Castille, Prado, Bonatto, Zaher & Grazziotin (type species: Enicognathus occipitalis Jan 1863)
Contents: 2 species, of which 1 (50.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The species of this genus were previously included in Taeniophallus.
Distribution: South America.
Reported from: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins), Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.

Adelphostigma occipitalis

Bahia Leaf-litter Snake, (Jan's Forest Snake)

Bahia-Zwergstreunatter

Bahia-dværgførnesnog

1863 Enicognathus occipitalis Jan
Rhadinaea occipitalis Boulenger 1894
Liophis occipitalis Amaral 1929
Echinanthera occipitalis Di-Bernardo 1992
Taeniophallus occipitalis Myers & Cadle 1994
Adelphostigma occipitalis Abegg, Santos Jr., Costa, Battilana, Graboski, Vianna, Azevedo, Fagundes, Castille, Prado, Bonatto, Zaher & Grazziotin 2022
1864 Dromicus wuchereri Günther (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1891 Dromicus miolepis Boettger (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Remarks: Although reported from Colombia by Pérez-Santos & Moreno (1988), presence in the country needs confirmation, according to the strongly critical review of this work by Cadle (1992), in which he points out the considerable amount of unverifiable information presented by these authors.
Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins), Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.


Adelphostigma quadriocellata

Four-spotted Leaf-litter Snake

Vierflecken-Zwergstreunatter

Firplettet Dværgførnesnog

2008 Taeniophallus quadriocellatus Santos, Di-Bernardo & Lema
Adelphostigma quadriocellatus Abegg, Santos Jr., Costa, Battilana, Graboski, Vianna, Azevedo, Fagundes, Castille, Prado, Bonatto, Zaher & Grazziotin 2022

Distribution: Brazil (Maranhao, Para [incl. Marajo Island]).