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DRYMARCHON 



Orymarchon corais melanurus (Oumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) 



1854 Spilotes melanurus Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. G^n., ]: 224. Type-locality: 



Mex ico. 

 I867 Geoptvas collarls Ste i ndachner, Sitz. Ma th.-Naturw i ss. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 55 {^) > 

 271, pi. 3, figs. 4-7. Type-locality: Brazil. 



1855 Drymarchon cora is melanurus — Stejneger, North Amer. Fauna, 14: y''- 



1511 Drymarchon cora is melanocercus Smith (substitute name for melanurus Dumeril, Bibron and 

 Dumeril), Jour. Washington Acad. Sc i . , Jl: 473' 



Distribution: Pacific slopes of Colombia and Ecuador; Northern Venezuela; Central America to 

 Veracruz, Mexico, on Atlantic Slope and to Nicaragua on Pacific Slope. 



Drymarchon cora i s rub i dus Smith 



1541 Drymarchon cora is rubidus Smith, Jour. Washington Acad. Sci., 3I: 474. Type-locality: 



Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico. 



1542 Drymarchon corais cleofae Brock, Copeia, 1942: 24% Type-locality: isla Maria Cleofa, 



Tres Marias Islands, Mexico. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations of Pacific coast from Sinaloa, Mexico, south to 

 Isthmus of Tehuantepec and apparently through valley of Rfo Grijalva, Chiapas into 

 extreme southwestern Guatemala. 



Drymarchon cora is un icolor Smith 



1941 Drymarchon corais unicolor Smith, Jour. Washington Acad. Sci., 31= '^l^- Type-locality: 

 La Esperanza, near Escuintla, Chiapas, Mexico. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations from Chiapas, Mexico along Pacific coast into 

 Nicaragua. 



