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REPTILIA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE * "K" * FICIMIA 



FICIMIA Gray 



1845 F ic im ia Gray, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 1849: 80. Type-species: F ic imia ol i vacea Gray. 

 I858 Amblymetopon Gunther, Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., I858; 7« Type-species: Amblymetopon variegatufr 

 Giinther. 



Distribution: Mexico to Guatemala and Honduras. 

 Content: Five species, four of which are extral im i tal. 



FICIMIA PUSH A Cope 



1866 Ficimia publia Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18: 126. Type-locality: Yucatan; restricted 

 to Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. BulL,33> ^35^> 352* 



Distribution: From the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to Honduras on the Atlantic and to southern Guatemala 

 on the Pacific. 



Content; Two subspecies, one ( tavlori Smith) extral im i tal. 



Ficimia publ ia publ ia Cope 



1883 Ficimia ornata Bocourt, Miss. Sci. Mex., I883: 571' Type-locality: Mexico; restricted 



to Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico by Smith and Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33 1550, 

 352. 



1547 [^Ficimia publia publ ia]— Sm i th. Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci., 37: 411. 



Distribution: Southern Veracruz to Honduras on Atlantic, from Guerrero to Guatemala on 

 Pacific slope. 



