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MASTIGODRYAS 



Mast igodryas melanolomus tehuanae (Smith), new combination 



19*3 Drvadoph is melanolomu s tehuanae Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 93= ''20. Type-locality: 

 Cerro Guengola, Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations from Nayarit, Mexico, along Pacific slope south 

 to western Guatemala. 



MASTIGODRYAS PLEEI (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril), new combination 

 plee i group 



I854 Drvadophis Pleei Dumlril, Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., 7' 66I. Type-locality; Venezuela. 

 I87O Herpetodryas qu i nquel ineatus Ste i ndachner, Sitz. Math.-Naturwi ss. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 61; "^iO. 



Type-locality: Rio Vaupes, [Brazil or ColombiaJ. 

 1877 Dromicus ( Alsoph is ) macul i vi tt is Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I877: 458. Type-locality: 



Calabozo, Venezuela. 

 1887 Alsophis pulcher Garman, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 24; 283. Type-locality: Testigos Islands. 

 1939 DryadophisTpleei ] — Stuart, Copeia, I939: 55. 

 1941 Dryadophis pleei — Stuart, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 49: 53, pi. 3, figs. 1-2. 



Distribution: Arid parts of Panama, Colombia, and Venezuelaj also Margarita and Testigos Islands. 



MASTIGODRYAS PULGHRICEPS (Cope), new combination 

 group unknown 



1868 Masticophis pulchrlceps Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Pnila., 1868: IO5. Type-locality: Plateau 



Valley of Quito, Ecuador. 

 1905 Coluber fasciatus Rosen, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 1$: 172, pi. 11, fig. 2. Type-locality: 



Ecuador. 

 1939 Dryadophis [ pulchri ceps ] — Stuart, Copeia, I939; 55. 

 19^11 Dryadophis pulchriceps— Stuart . Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 49: ^0, pi. 2, fig. 3- 



Distribution: Guaymas Basin and more humid habitats of west central Ecuador. 



MASTIGODRYAS SANGU I VENTR I S (Taylor), new combination 

 melanolomus group 



iqS4 Dryadophis sanou i ventr is Taylor. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 36: 722. Type-locality: Esquinas, 



Forest Reserve, Las Esquinas (between Palmar and Golfito), Punta Arenas Province, Costa Rica. 



Distribution: Known from type locality and Los Diamantes, near Gu^piles, Costa Rica. 



