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 NINIA 



Dorsal crossbars usually present, occasion- 

 ally reduced or absent; loreal rectangu- 

 lar; caudals in males 41-72, in females 



37.61 3 



No dorsal crossbars; loreal usually narrow- 

 ed posteriorly; caudals in males 64-74, in 

 females 53"65 immaculata 



Ventrals in males I39-I5I, in females 142- 

 156; caudals in males 41-57» in females 

 37-*9) about 5" PS"" cent of specimens with 

 much reduced body spots, or without spots- 

 _ - morlevi 



Ventrals In males 131-151> '" females 134- 

 152; caudals In males 41-72, in females 

 40-61; majority of specimens boldly black- 

 marked sebae 



Barras dorsales usualmente presentes, 

 occas ionalmente reducidas ausentes; 

 loreal rectangular; subcaudales en machos 

 41-72, en hembras 37-6I 3 



Sin barras dorsales transversas; usualmente 

 loreal angosta posteriormente; subcaudales 



en machos 64-74, en hembras 53*65 



immaculata 



Ventrales en machos 139-151> «" hembras 

 142-156; subcaudales en machos 41-57> en 

 hembras 37"*9; alrededor del 5" por ciento 

 de los ejemplares con manchas muy reduci- 

 das sin ellas morlev i 



Ventrales en machos 131-151> en hembras 40- 

 6I; mayorfa de ejemplares con manchas 

 negras promi nentes sebae 



Ninia sebae sebae (Oumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) 



IS'^S Elapoides fasciatus Hallowell. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 3: 35, pi. 4. Type- 

 locality: Honduras. 



I862 Streptophorus sebae collaris Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fis., 2: 27. Type-locality; Mexico. 



188^ Streptophorus sebae var dorsal is Bocourt, Miss. Sci. Mex., Rept.: 5*7- Type-locality: 

 Belize, Honduras. 



1936 NinIa sebae sebae — Schmidt and Andrews, Zool. Sen. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: I70. 



Distribution: Caribbean slopes except Yucatan Peninsula, from Veracruz to Guatemala} also 

 El Salvador and Honduras. 



Ninia sebae immaculata Schmidt and Rand 



1957 Ninia sebae immaculata Schmidt and Rand, Fieldiana: Zool., 39: 81. Type-locality: R'o 

 Escondido (or Bluefields River), southeastern Nicaragua. 



Distribution: Nicaragua. 



Ninia sebae morleyi Schmidt and Andrews 



1936 Ninia sebae morlevi Schmidt and Andrews, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20; 169. 

 Type-locality: Chichen I tza, Yucatan, Mexico. 



Distribution; Northern half of Yucatan Peninsula; Peten, Guatemala. 



Ninia sebae punctulata (Bocourt) 



188S Streptophorus sebae var Dunctulata Bocourt. Miss. Sci. Mex., Rept.: 5*7' Type-locality: 

 Guatemala; restricted to vicinity of Quezaltenango, Pacific slope, southern Guatemala, 

 by Schmidt and Rand, Fieldiana: Zool., 39, 1957> 75- 



1957 Ninia sebae punctulata — Schmidt and Rand, Fieldiana: Zool., 39= 79- 



Distribution: Pacific slope of Guatemala and contiguous Chiapas, between 5OO ^nd 2000 m. 



