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NINlA 



NINIA OIADEMATA Ba i rd and Girard 



185S Ninia diademata Baird and Girard, Cat, U. Amer. Rept.; 45. Type-locality: Orizaba, Mexico. 

 Distribution; Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala. 

 Content: Four subspecies, two ( diadeinata Baird and Girard and plorator Smith) ex tral im I tal. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Rounded dark spots on belly; ventrals 1. Manchas oscuras medioventrales redondeadas; 



132-145 in males, I38-I5O in females ventrales 132-145 (machos) y I38-I5O 



lab iosa (hem bras) labiosa 



Crescent-shaped spots on belly; ventrals Manchas oscuras en forma de crecientes; 



127-131 in males, 13O-I37 in females ventrales I27-I3I (machos) y 130-137 



n i e 1 i (hem bras) n ietoi 



Ninia d iademata labiosa (Bocourt) 



188S Streptophorus labiosus Bocourt. Miss. Sc i . Mex., Rept.: 550, pi. 32, fig. 6-6f. Type- 

 locality: Guatemala. 

 19^0 Ninia diademata labiosa — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: I5I. 



Distribution: Moderate elevations of Pacific slope from Oaxaca to Guatemala. 



Ninia diademata n ietoi Burger and Werler 



1554 Ninia diademata nietoi Burger and Werler, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 36: 657> fg- !• 

 Type-locality: San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico. 



Distribution: Caribbean slope from southern Veracruz to Honduras; not on northern part of 

 Yucatan Peninsula. 



NINIA HUDSON I Parker 



1940 Ninia hudsoni Parker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (ll) 5: 27O. Type-locality: New River, British 

 Gu iana. 



Distribution: British Guiana; Amazonian Ecuador. 



NINIA MACULATA (Peters) 



19*0 Streptophorus maculata Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I86I: 924. Type-locality: Costa 



Rica. 

 1935 Ninia maculata — Dunn, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 21: 11. 



Distribution: Alta Verapaz, Guatemala to Darien region in Panama. 



Content: Three subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Fewer than 65 subcaudals 2 1. Menos de 65 subcaudales 2 



More than 65 subcaudals pavimentata Mfs de 65 subcaudales pavimentata 



2. More than 49 light grey cross bands 2. Bandas transversales de color gris pflido 



tessellata en numero de 5'^ ° mas- tessella ta 



Fewer than 25 light grey cross bands Bandas transversales de color gris pSlldo 



~ maculata en numero de 25 menos maculata 



