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ELAPHE 



ELAPHE TRIASPIS (Cope) 



1866 Coluber triaspis Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866: 128. Type-locality: Belize; 



restricted to vicinity of the town of Belize, British Honduras, by Smith and Taylor, Univ. 



Kansas Sci. Bull., 33, 1950, 316. 

 1525 Elaphe tr iasp is — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 155» 



Distribution: Arizona through Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica. 



Content: Three subspecies, one of which ( i ntermed ia Boettger) is ex tral im i tal, according to most 

 recent revision by Dowling, Zoologica, 45, 19^0, 53"80. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Median frontoparietal band with small 1. Una banda frontoparietal mediana, con una 



rounded opening at about middle of suture abertura pequeHa y redonda aprox imadamente 

 between parietals; band not open anterior- en el medio de la sutura entre parietales; 



ly i tr iasp i s banda no abierta anter i ormente tr iasp is 



Median frontoparietal band with elongate Una banda frontoparietal con abertura alai — 



opening along suture between parietals; gada sobre la sutura interparietal; banda 



band usually opening anteriorly, thus generalmente abierta anter iormente formando 



forming a "Y" mutab il is una "Y" mutabil i s 



Elaphe triaspis tr iasp i s (Cope) 



1948 [ Elaphe triaspis triaspis j — Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 69: 68. 

 i960 Elaphe tr iasp is tr iasp is — Dowling, Zoologica, 45: ]l , figs. 1, %. 



Distribution: Yucatan Peninsula, from Chichen Itza and Merida south to Uaxactun, in Peten, 

 Guatemala. 



Elaphe tr iasp i s mutab i 1 i s (Cope) 



1885 Coluber mutabilis Cope. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 1884: I75. Type-locality: Verapaz, 



Guatemala and Costa Rica. 

 1948 Elaphe triaspis mutabilis — Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 69: 68. 

 i960 Elaphe tr iasp is mutab i 1 i s — Dowling, Zoologica, 4$: ^2, fig. 9'^- 



Distribution: Highlands of Guatemala south to vicinity of San Jose, Costa Rica. 



