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LAMPROPELTIS NITTOA Van Denbnrgh 



JJatnpropeltis nitida Van Denburgh, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 5, 

 1S95, p. 143, pi. 14.— Klaubeb, Herpetologica, vol. 1, 1936, pp. 24-26. 



L.iampropeltis] calif omiae nitida Bt^nchaju), Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich- 

 igan, No. 87, 1920, p. 3.— LiNSDALE, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 38, 1932, 

 p. 378. 



Ti/pe.— Calif. Acad. Sci. No. 800. 



Type locality. — San Jose del Cabo, Baja California. 



Range. — The Cape region of Baja California. 



LAMPROPELTIS PYROMELANA (Cope) 



Ophibolus pyromelanus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 18, 1866 



(18G7),p. 305. 

 Jjampropeltis pyrrhomelaena Stejnegee, Pi-oc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1902, pp. 



152-153.— Blanchaed, U. S. Nat. Mus, Bull. 114, 1921, pp. 231-236, tigs. 5, 



62 (map), 71. 

 Lampropeltis pyromelana Van Denbubgh, Occ. Pap. California Acad. Sci., vol. 



10, 1922, pp. 746-748, pi. 79. 



r?/^^.— U.S.N.M. No. 7845, a cotype. 



Type locality. — Fort Whipple, Ariz. 



\Range. — Northern Utah through southeastern Arizona to central 

 Chihuahua and eastern Sonora (recorded in Mexico from Distrito 

 Guerrero and San Diego, Ghihu-ahua^ and El Tigre Mountains^ 

 Sonora) . 



LAMPROPELTIS RUTHVENI Blanchard 



Lampropeltis rutJiveni Blanchard, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 81, 

 1920, pp. 8-10, pi. 1, fig. 2.— Taylob, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 26, 1939 

 (1940), pp. 464-465. 



ry^e.— U.S.N.M. No. 46558. 

 Type locality. — Patzcuaro, Michoacan. 



Range. — Mountains of central Michoacan (Patzcuaro, El Sabino, 

 and 15 kin. east of Morelia). 



LAMPROPELTIS THAYERI Loreridge 



Lampropeltis thayeri Loveridge, Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, 1924, 

 pp. 137-138.— Smith, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 29, 1944, 

 pp. 140-142, fig. 18 (phylogenetic tree). 



Type. — Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 19551. 

 Type locality. — Miquihuana, Tamaulipas. 



Range. — Known only from the type locality and near Galeana, 

 Nuevo Leon. 



LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM ANNULATA Kennicott 



Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 12, 



1860, p. 329. 

 L.[ampropeltis] trlangulum annulata Blanchard, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. 



Michigan, No. 87, 1920, p. 5, 



