294 

 TANTILLA 



TANTILLA ALTICOLA (Boulenger) 



1903 Homalocranium alticola Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 12; 353- Type-locality: Santa Rita, 



northern Medelltn, Colombia. 

 1913 Homalocranium coralliventre Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1513= IO35, pi. 108, fig. 1. 



Type-locality: PeRa Lisa, Rfo Condoto, Choco, Colombia. 

 1929 Tantilla alt icola — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 215. 



Distribution: Choco region of Colombia. 



TANTILLA ANNUL AT A Boettger 



1B92 Tantilla annulata Boettqer. Zool. Anz., 1892: 419. Type-locality: Nicaragua. 

 Distribution: Nicaragua to Costa Rica. 



TANTILLA ARMILLATA Cope 



1876 Tantilla armillatum Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 8 (I875): 143. Type-locality: 

 Middle Costa Rica. 



Distribution: Costa Rica., Honduras and El Salvador. 



TANTILLA BAIRDI Stuart 



1941 Tantilla bairdi Stuart, Dec. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 452: 1. Type-locality: Two km north- 

 east of Finca Chichen (lO km south of Coban, airline) on Chemelco trail, Alta Verapaz, 

 Guatemala, about 155'^ "<• 



Distribution: Known only from type-locality. 



TANT ILLA BREVICAUDA Mertens 



1952 Tantilla brevicauda Mertens, Zool. Anz., 149: I37. Type-locality: El Grito, Los Angeles, 

 Depto. La Libertad, El Salvador, I5IO m. 



Distribution: Known only from La Libertad and San Vicente, El Salvador. 



TANTILLA BREV I S (Cijnther) 



189'5 Homalocranium breve Gunther. Biol. Centr. Amer., Rept.: 15''- Type-locality: British Honduras. 

 1929 tantilla brevis — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 220. 



Distribution: British Honduras. 



TANT ILLA CANULA Cope 



I876 Tantilla canula Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 8 (I875): 144. Type-locality! 



Yucatan, Mexico; restricted to Chichen I tza, Yucata'n, by Smith and Taylor, Univ. Kansas 



Sci. Bull., 33, 1950, 352. 



Distribution: Lowlands of Yucata'n Peninsula south to El Peten, Guatemala and British Honduras. 



Comment: Neill and Allen, Herpetolog ica, I7, I96I, 9O, indicated that brevis Gunther should _ 

 probably be considered a subspecies of canula . We noted this too late to add it to this list. 



TANTILLA FRASERI (Gunther) 



189S Homalocranium melanocephalum fraseri Gunther. Biol. Centr. Amer., Rept.: 148. Type-locality: 



Quito, Ecuador and "W. Ecuador." 

 1960 Tantilla fraseri — Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 122: 539. 



Distribution: High western slopes of Andes in Ecuador, perhaps in Quito valley. 



