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3. Black bands II-I6 in males and 15-21 in J. Bandas negras 11-15 en machos, 15-21 en 



females; yellow (white) and red bands hembras; bandas amarillas (blancas) y 



among black bands on tail transand i nus rojas entre las bandas negras de la cola-- 



Black bands 15-24 in males and 15"25 in transand i nus 



females; usually only yellow (white) and Bandas negras 15-24 en machos y 15-25 en 



black bands on tail cari n i Cauda hembras; usualmente solo bandas amarillas 



(blancas) y negras en la cola-- carinlcauda 



4, Fewer than 187 ventrals in males, fewer 4. Menos de 187 ventrales en machos, menos de 



than 208 in females colomb ianus 208 en hembras colomb ianus 



More than I85 ventrals in males, more than Mas de I85 ventrales en machos, mas de 208 



208 in females dumer i 1 i i en hembras dumer i 1 i i 



Micrurus dumer i 1 i I dumer i 1 i i (Jan), new combination 



1567 Micrurus car i n icauda dumer i 1 i i — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287= 13> 

 Distribution: Lower Magdalena River region to Norte de Santander, Colombia. 



M i crurus dumer i 1 i i an t i oqu i ens i s Schmidt, new combination 



1536 Micrurus ant ioqu iensi s Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: 195- Type- 

 locality: Santa Rita, north of Medell'n, Antioquia, Colombia. 

 1555 Micrurus car i n icaudus ant i oqu iens i s — Schmidt, Fieldiana, Zool., 3^' 3^3* 



Distribution: Cauca Valley, Colombia. 



M icrurus dumer i 1 i i car i n i cauda Schmidt, new combination 



1936 Micrurus carinicauda Schmidt. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: 194. Type-locality: 



Grope, Zulia, Venezuela. 

 1555 Micrurus car in i caudus car in icaudus — Schmidt, Fieldiana, Zool., 3^= 3^3- 



Distribution: Northern Venezuela to Norte de Santander, Colombia. 



Micrurus dumer i 1 i i colomb ianus (Griffin), new combination 



1916 Elaps colomb ianus Griffin, Mem. Carnegie Mus., 7' 216. Type-locality: Minca, Colombia. 

 1967 Micrurus car i n i cauda colomb ianus — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 13- 



Distribution: Santa Marta region of northern Colombia. 



Micrurus dumer i 1 i i transandi nus Schmidt, new combination 



1936 Mi crurus transand i nus Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: 195- Type-locality: 



Andagoya, Choco, Colombia. 

 1955 M i crurus car i n i caudus transandi nus — Schmidt, Fieldiana, Zool., 3^= 3^3' 



Distribution: Pacific lowlands of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. 



MICRURUS ELEGANS (jan) 



1858 Elaps eleqans Jan, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2) 10: 521- Type-locality: Mexico (restricted to Jalapa, 



Veracruz, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33, 1950, 348). 

 1929 Micrurus eleqans — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 229. 



Distribution: Central Veracruz to Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. 

 Content: Two subspecies, one ( eleqans Jan) ex tral im i tal . 



