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LEPTODEIRA SMITHI Taylor 



Two specimens (Nos. 111255-6) were secured 4 km. north of Ap- 

 atzingan, Michoacan. They were found at night in an arroyo hunt- 

 ing frogs {Hylci smithi). These agree in detail with the description 

 by Taylor. The scale rows are 21-21-17, 21-23-17, respectively; 

 ventrals 169, 166; caudals 73+ ( $ ), 75 ( $ ) ; supralabials 8-8; in- 

 fralabials 10-10; preoculars and postoculars 2-2; temporals 1-2-3; 

 spots on body 13-14, 15 ; spots on tail 6-7, 6. 



The Museum has no others of the species. 



* LEPTODEIRA YUCATANENSIS YUCATANENSIS (Cope) 



The Museum has three specimens, including the type (No. 24887) 55 

 from "Yucatan," and one other specimen (No. 46566) from the same 

 locality; also No. 46397, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. 



LEPTODEIRA YUCATANENSIS MALLEISI Dunn and Stuart 



Three specimens (Nos. 111258-60) are from Palenque, Chiapas. 

 Data on these specimens, respectively, are : Scale rows 21-21-15, 21- 

 21-15, 21-23-17; ventrals 181, 184, 182; caudals 79 ( $ ), 70 ( 9 ), 

 ?( 5 ) ; supralabials 8-8; infralabials 11-11 (or 10-10) in all; preocu- 

 lars 2-2, 2-2, 1-2; postoculars 2-2, 2-2, 1-1; temporals 1-2-3 in all; 

 anal divided; total length 627 mm. 567 mm., 414+ mm. ; tail length 

 143 mm., 118 mm., 82 + mm.; rhombs on body and tail 30-16, 28-13, 

 29-13. The dorsal rhombs usually terminate laterally on the first 

 scale row. The chin is stippled, the edges of the lower labials dark. 

 Nape stripe is short and fails to reach the first dorsal rhomb by two or 

 three scales. The temporal stripe from eye to first dorsal rhomb is 

 completely broken on one side in one, and partially interrupted on 

 both sides of another. 



All were found in bromelias. 



The Museum has no others from Mexico. 



LEPTOPHIS DIPLOTROPIS DIPLOTROPIS (Giinthcr) 



Three specimens are in the collections, all from the state of Oaxaca : 

 Escurana (No. 110550) ; San Pedro Quiechapa (No. 110551) ; and 

 La Concepcion (No. 110552). All have 15-11 scale rows, 8-8 supra- 

 labials, 1-1 preoculars, 2-2 postoculars, and 1-2 temporals ; respectively 

 the ventrals are 178 ( 9 ), 170 ( $ ), 176 ( $ ) ; caudals 145, 137 + , 153+ . 



The Museum has three others, from Acaponeta, Nayarit (No. 

 46458), and Tehuantepec, Oaxaca (Nos. 30175-6). 



The ventral counts of 30 mainland Mexican specimens vary from 

 165 to 181, and the caudal counts of 23 specimens from 126 to 161. 



85 Cope, 18G6, p. 127. 



