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Type.— Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 8017. 



Type locality. — Cerro de los Estropajos, near Jalapa, Veracruz, 

 Mexico, 



Range. — Known from the type locality, and Cuautlapan, Veracruz. 



Genus OEDIPINA Keferstein 



Oedipina Keferstein, Nachr. Ges. Gottingen, vol. 15, 1868, p. 331. — Taylor, 

 Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 30, 1944, pp. 226-228. 



Genotype. — Oedipina uniformis Keferstein. 

 Range. — Central Veracruz to Colombia. 

 Species. — Seven, one occurring in Mexico. 



OEDIPINA UNEOLA (Cope) 



Spelerpes lineolus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 17, 1865, p. 197. 

 Opheobatrachus lineolus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 21, 1869, 



pp. 101-102. 

 Oedipina lineolus Cope, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 32, 1887, p. 8; Amer. Nat., 1896, 



p. 1022. 

 Oedipus lineolus Dunn, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 12, 1924, 



pp. 99-100.— Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 25, 1938 (1939), pp. 



294-295, pi. 29, fig. 3. 

 Spelerpes (Oedipus) infuscatus? Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1879, 



p. 778 ("Haiti," in error; Berhn Mus. No. 6556). 



Type. — Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia No. 735. 



Type locality. — "Mexican Tableland." Probably eastern central 

 Veracruz, below 4,000 feet. 



Range. — Eastern central Veracruz, between 2,000 and 4,000 feet 

 above sea level. Recorded or known from Jalapa, Cuautlapan, San 

 Lorenzo, Metlac, and San Juan de Gracia in Veracruz. 



Genus MAGNADIGITA Taylor 



Magnadigita Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 30, 1944, p. 218. 



Genotype. — Bolitoglossa nigroflavescens Taylor. 



Range. — Central Veracruz to Colombia and Venezuela. 



Species. — Fourteen are recorded, three of which occur in Mexico, 



KEY TO MEXICAN SPECIES OF MAGNADIGITA 



1. An irregular, dorsolateral light line on each side sulcata (p. 22) 



No such line on each side 2 



2. Gray to purplish black above, the tail darker than body; lower sides and 



venter lighter, cream or yellowish cream, usually with large, irregular, 



yellow-green to yellowish spots nigroflavescens (p. 22) 



Black above, making a gradual transition to the lighter underside of belly 

 and neck; a few silver-gray flecks on sides, back, and first third of 

 tail macrinii (p. 22) 



