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TROPIDODIPSAS 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Light bands, including nuchal collar, 1. Bandas claras, incluyendo el collar nucal, 



yellow in life; bands very regular, all amarillas en vida; bandas muy regulares, 



complete' on body and tail annulatus todas completas en cuerpo y cola- annulatus 



Light bands, red or orange, only nuchal Bandas claras, rojas o naranjas, solo el 



collar yellow in life; bands variable, collar nucal amarillo en vida; bandas 



usually at least some incomplete on ven- variables, generalmente al menos algunas 



tral surface sartor i i incompletas en la superficie ventral 



sartor i i 



Trop i dod i psas sartor i i sartor i i Cope 



I863 L.T eptognathus ] Dumer i 1 i Jan, Elenco Sist. Ofidi: 101, Type-locality: Mexico. 

 I87O Galedon annular i s Jan, Icon. Gen. Ophid., Livr. 36, pl- 5> ^'9- !• Type-locality: 



Unknown . 

 1884 Leptoqnatus leucostomus Bocourt, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, (7) 8: I38. Type-locality: 



Yucatan. 

 1884 Leptoqna thus sem ic i nctus Bocourt, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, (7) 8: 139' Type-locality: 



Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. 

 I887 Leptoqnathus ( Trop i dod i psas ) cucull iceps Mijller, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 8: 273) 



pi. 1, fig. 4. Type-locality: Verapaz, Guatemala. 

 1943 Trop idodipsas sartorii sartor i i —Sm i th, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 33: 494. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations of Caribbean slope from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 

 south to Guatemala. 



Trop i dod i psas sartor i i annulatus (Peters) 



I87O Geophis annulatus Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I87O: 643, pi. 1, figs. 2-2c. Type- 

 locality: "Probably South America"; in error. 



I874 Leptoqnathus sexscutatus Bocourt, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, (7) 8: 137- Type-locality: 

 At i tlan, Guatemala. 



I887 Leptoqnathus ( Trop idod ipsas ) Bernoull i i Muller, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 8: 272, pi. 

 1, fig. 3- Type-locality: Chitalon, Guatemala. 



1943 Tropidodipsas sartorii annulatus — Sm i th, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 93: 495. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations of Pacific slope of Chiapas, Mexico, and 

 Guatemala . 



