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CONIOPHANES 



Con iophanes b i punctatus b i punctatus (Gunther) 



I863 G.[ laphvroph is ] pictus Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis., 2: 3O5. Type-locality; None given. 

 1940 [ ^Coniophanes b i punctatus ] b ipunctatus — Smith, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 53= 59- 



Distribution: Humid lowlands; southern Veracruz, Mexico, east through northern El Peten, 

 Guatemala, into British Honduras, northern Honduras, Nicaragua, and northwestern Panama. 



CONIOPHANES DROMIC I FORM IS (Peters) 



I863 Tachymen is d rom ici formi s Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1863: 273- Type-locality: 



Guayaquil, Ecuador. 

 1866 C.[ oniophanes ] drom ic i form is — Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1866: 128. 

 I852 Con iophanes s i gnatus Carman, Bull. Essex Inst., 24: ')!. Type-locality: Guayaquil, Ecuador. 

 iq?q Coniophanes drom ic i form i s — Ba i ley . Pap. Mich. Acad. Sci., 24 (1538): 32. 



Distribution: Pacific coastal areas of southern Ecuador and northern Peru. 



CONIOPHANES FISSIDENS (Gunther) 



I858 Coronella f i ss idens GDnther, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus.: ')6. Type-locality: Mexico; restricted to San 



Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33> 195''> 35^' 

 I860 C.[ oniophanes ] f iss i dens — Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci, Phila., I860: 248. 



Distribution: Both slopes in Mexico, from Nayarit and Veracruz throughout Central America to north- 

 western Ecuador. 



Content: Six subspecies, of which three ( converqens Shannon and Smith, d i spersus Smith, and 

 proterops Cope) are ex tral i m i tal. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. No dorsolateral white stripe on neck 2 1. Sin I'nea blanca dorsolateral en la nuca--2 



Dorsolateral white stripe extending poster- Con banda blanca dorsolateral que se ex- 



iorly a considerable distance on neck tiende poster i ormente a considerable dis- 



f i ss i dens tancia de la nuca f i ss i dens 



2. With distinctive dark paravertebral spots-- 2. Con manchas oscuras para vertebrales dis- 



punct i qular i s t i ntas punct i qular i s 



Lacking dark paravertebral spots-- obsole tus Sin manchas oscuras para vertebrales 



* obsoletus 



Con i ophanes f i ss i dens f i ss i dens (Gunther) 



1937 [ Con iophanes | fissidens fissidens — Bailey, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 362: 5. 



Distribution: Central Veracruz south on Atlantic coast of Central America to northwestern 

 Ecuador, avoiding high mountains and Yucatan Peninsula. 



Con i ophanes f i ss i dens obsoletus Minton and Smith 



1962 Con iophanes f issi dens obsoletus Minton and Smith, Herpetolog i ca , I6: 108, fig. 1. Type- 

 locality: Max Cone FInca, 1 mi east of Volcan de Buenos Aires, Puntarenas Province, 

 Cos ta R i ca . 



Distribution: Known from type locality and Turrialba, Costa Rica. 

 Con i ophanes f i ss i dens punct i qu lar i s Cope 



1860 C.[ on iophanes ] punct iqular i 5 Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860: 248. Type-locality: 



Honduras. 

 1878 Dromicus ch i talonens i s Muller, Verb. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 6: 4O7. Type-locality: 



Hacienda Chitalon, near Mazatenango, Guatemala. 

 19^1 Con iophanes f i ss idens punct i qular is — Smith, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 9I: IO7. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations of Pacific slope in Tehuantepec, Mexico, to Costa 

 Rica. 



