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STENORRHINA 



Stenorrh ina deqenhardt i i ocellata Jan 



I876 Stenorh i na Deqenhardt i i var. ocellata Jan, Icon. Gen. Ophid.: Liv. 48, pi. 2, fig. 5» 



Type-locality: Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. 

 1559 Stenorh i na deqenhardt i i ocellata — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 193*= H- 



Distribution: North central and northwestern Venezuela; possibly Colombia. 



STENORRHINA FREMINVILL I I Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril 



1854 Stenorh i na Frem i nv i 11 i i Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., 1: 868, pi. "JQ, figs. 1-2. 



Type-locality: Mexico; restricted to Totolapam, Oaxaca, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor, Univ. 

 Kansas Sc i . Bull., 33, I95O, 34I. 



1855 Microph is qu inquel in iatus Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 185*, 1: 97- Type-locality: 



Honduras; restricted to Totolapam, Oaxaca, Mexico by Smith and Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 



33, 1950, 311- 



I86I Stenorhina lactea Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I86I: 3O3. Type-locality: La Union, 



Guatemala; restricted to La Union, El Salvador, by Smith and Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 



33, 1950, 31^- 



I876 s[ tenorhina ] d[ eQenhardt i i ] apiata Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 8 (I875): 142. 

 Type-locality: El Barrio, Oaxaca, Mexico. 



1906 Geoph i s mult i torques yucatanens is Barbour and Cole, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool,, 5O' 153- Type- 

 locality: Chichen Itza, Yucatan. 



Distribution: Guerrero, Mexico, to Panama. 



Content: Although several subspecies have been recognized in this species, Stuart (Misc. Publ. Mus. 

 Zool. Univ. Mich., 122, 19^3, H?) points out the difficulties in defining them, and recommends 

 use of the specific name only. We follow this until a thorough review is available. 



