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MICRURUS 



Micrurus ste indachner i orces i Roze 



1'367 Micrurus steindachneri orcpsi Ro7(»r Atner. Mus. Novitates, 2287: tj, fig. I5. Type-locality: 

 Meta trail, Banos, Ecuador, 1200 m. 



Distribution: Higher elevations, from 1000 to 1800 1,1, in valley of Rfo Pastaza, Pastaza 

 Province, Ecuador. 



Micrurus steindachneri peters i Roze 



1967 Micrurus steindachneri petersi Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287; *5> fig. I6. Type-locality: 

 One mi south of Plan de Milagro on trail to Pan de Azucar, Morona-Sant iago Province, 

 Ecuador, 56OO ft. 



Distribution: Known only from type-locality. 



MICRURUS STEWART I Barbour and Amaral 



1S28 Micrurus stewarti Barbour and Amaral, Bull. Antivenin Inst. Amer., 1: 100. Type-locality: 



Nombre de Dios, Sierra de la Bruja, Panama. 



1940 Micrurus schmidti Dunn. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 92: II9, pi. 2. Type-locality: Valle de 



Anton, 50 mi west of Canal Zone, Panama, 2000 ft. 



Distribution: Intermediate elevations east and west of Canal Zone, Panama. 



MICRURUS STUART I Roze 



1967 Micrurus stuart i Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: i] , fig. I7. Type-locality: F i nca La Paz, 

 San Marcos, Guatemala, 13^5 m. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality and Finca El Naranjo, Volcan Santa Clara, 

 Such i tepequez, Guatemala. 



MICRURUS SURINAMENSIS (Cuvier) 



I8I7 Elaps sur inamens is Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, Paris, 2: 84. Type-locality: Surinam. 

 1919 Micrurus sur i namensis- — Beebe, Zoologica, 2: 216. 



Distribution: Northern South America east of Andes. 

 Content: Two subspecies- 

 Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Ventrals I62-I74 in males; 173-187 in 1. Ventrales I62-I74 en machos; 173-187 en 



females sur inamens i s hembras sur inamens i s 



Ventrals I86-I53 in males; I97-2O6 in Ventrales 186-193 en machos; 197-206 en 



females na tterer i hembras natterer i 



Micrurus sur i namens is sur i namens i s (Ouvier) 



1952 Micrurus surinamensis sur i namens i s- — Schmidt, Fieldiana, Zool., 34: 29, figs. 4-5. 



Distribution: Guianas and Amazonian region, including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and 

 Bol i V ia. 



M icrurus sur i namens is natterer i Schmidt 



1952 Micrurus surinamensis nattereri Schmidt. Fieldiana, Zool., JA: 27. Type-locality: Between 

 Guaramoca and San Fernando, Venezuela. 



Distribution: Upper Rfo Orinoco and Rfo Negro region of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil. 



