TYPE SPECIMENS OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS 197 



Paratypes (13): 1988, $, Alamo de Parras, Coahuila, Mexico, D. N. 

 Couch. 1989, Cobre Mines (Grant County) , New Mexico, H. B. Mollhausen. 

 4388, $ , Laguna. Valencia County, New Mexico. H. B. Mollhausen. 8429, 

 ? , New Mexico, 0. Loew, 1874. 12676, 9 , Guanajuato Mexico, A. Duges, 

 1881. 14279, 14283. $ , 5 , Chihuahua, Mexico, E. Wilkinson, Oct. 10, 

 1885. 22142, S , Las duces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, T. D. A. 

 Cockerell. 26151, Mexico, A. Duges, 1884. 46355, S , Guanacevi, Durango, 

 Mexico, E. W. Nelson and E. A. Goldman, Aug. 16, 1898. 102240, $ , 

 Jornada Experimental Range, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, E. T. Ares 

 and E. L. Little, Jr., July 19, 1931. 104675-6. S , S , Rio Santa Maria, 

 near Progreso, Chihuahua, Mexico, H. M. Smith, Oct. 13, 1938. 



Masticophis flagelluni variolosus Smith 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 93, p. 448, 1943. 



HoLOTYPE: 24681, £ , Maria Madre Island, Tres Marias Islands, Nayarit, 

 Mexico, E. W. Nelson. May 12, 1897. 



Paratypes (2): 24680, 24682, 9, 9, Maria Magdalena Island, Tres 

 Marias Islands, Nayarit, Mexico, E. W. Nelson, May 12-16, 1897. 



Masticophis melanolonius Cope 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 20, p. 134, 1868. 

 =Dryadophis melanolomus melanolomus (Cope) 

 HoLOTYPE : 24985, Yucatan, Mexico, A. Schott. 



Masticophis ornatiis Baird and Girard 



Serpents, pt. 1, in Catalogue of North American reptiles in the Museum 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 102, 1853. 

 ==Masticophis taenialus ornatus Baird and Girard 



CoTYPE: 1971, skin, between San Antonio and El Paso, Texas (restricted 

 to Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County) , J. D. Graham. One cotype was exchanged 

 to ANSP. 



Masticophis ruthveni Ortenburger 



Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 139, p. 3, pis. 1-3, 1923. 

 Paratypes (2) : 37516, $ , Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico, E. W. 

 Nelson and E. A. Goldman, Mar. 2, 1902. 64681, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 50 

 miles south of Brownsville, Texas, F. M. V/oodruff. ''''»■.'- 



Masticophis schotti Baird and Girard 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 2, art. 5, p. 160, 1853. 

 =Masticophis taeniatus schotliVyd'wA ixndCm.vd 

 Holotype: 1972, Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas, A. Schott. 



Masticophis taeniatus australis Smith ' 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 31, p. 390, 1941. 

 Holotype: 10240, 9 , Guanajuato, Mexico, A. Duges, 1879. ' ' '^ 

 Paratype: 111312, Tacicuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, 11. M. Smith, 1939. 



