CHECKLIST OF REPTILES OF MEXICO 199 



Upper and lower postnasals in contact moreleti temporalis (p. 199) 



4. Superciliary series complete ; pterygoid teeth absent 5 



Superciliary series incomplete; pterygoid teeth vestigial 8 



5 . Supranasals unexpanded ; an anterior canthal present 6 



Supranasals expanded; no anterior canthal 7 



6. Scales of neck keeled; anterior loreal in contact with anterior canthal. 



gadovii gadovii (p. 200) 



Scales of neck smooth; anterior loreal separated from anterior canthal by a 



contact of posterior loreal with upper postnasal__gadovii levigata (p. 200) 



7. Frontonasal and postrostral present raodesta (p. 201) 



No frontonasal or postrostral present antauges (p. 200) 



8. One loreal; more than 33 dorsal scale rows 9 



Two loreals; fewer than 33 dorsal scale rows rudicollis (p. 202) 



9. More than 1 superciliary (usually 3) ; transverse dorsal scale rows usually 



fewer than 47 10 



A single (middle) superciliary element; transverse dorsal scale rows usually 

 more than 47 levicollis (p. 202) 



10. Fewer than 16 longitudinal dorsal scale rows; contact of anterior superciliary 



with loreal usually smaller than that of first medial supraocular with 



loreal 11 



Sixteen longitudinal dorsal scale rows; contact of anterior superciliary with 

 loreal as great or greater than that of first medial supraocular with loreal. 



imbricata irabricata (p. 201) 



11. Lowest primary temporal in contact with penultimate as well as with ante- 



penultimate supralabial; 39-45 transverse dorsal scale rows. 



imbricata ciliaris (p. 202) 



Lowest primary temporal not in contact with penultimate supralabial; 35-39 



transverse dorsal scale rows imbricata planifrons (p. 201) 



BARISIA MORELETI RAFAEU (Hartweg and Tihen) 



Gerrhonotus moreleti rafaeli Hartweg and Tihen, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. 



Michigan, No. 497, 1946, pp. 8-10. 

 Barisia moreleti rafaeli, Tihen, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 41, 1949, pp. 223-224. 



Type.— M.M^. Zool. Univ. Michigan No. 88228; Eizi Alatuda 

 collector. 



Type locality. — 16 km. south of Siltepec, Chiapas, 2,300 meters 

 elevation. 



Range. — High momitains of southern Chiapas. Reported from 

 Cerro Paxtal, 1,500 meters; Chiquihuite, Volcan de Tacana, 2,500 

 meters; Cerro Male. 



BARISIA MORELETI TEMPORALIS (Hartweg and Tihen) 



Gerrhonotus moreleti temporalis Hahtweg and Tihen, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. 



Univ. Michigan, No. 497, 1946, pp. 10-15. 

 Barisia moreleti temporalis, Tihen, Amer. Midi. Nat., vol. 41, 1949, pp. 224-225. 



Type. — Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan No. 94910; Norman Hartweg 

 collector. 



Type locality. — Eleven km. southeast of Ciudad de las Casas, 

 Chiapas, 2,300 meters elevation. 



Range. — Known only from the type locality. 



