CHECKLIST OF THE SNAKES OF MEXICO 113 



PSEUDOFICIMIA PULCHERRIMA Taylor and Smith 



Pseudoficimia pulcherrima Taylor and Smith, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 28, 

 1942, pp. 24&-249, figs. 1 (map), 3, 4, pi. 21, fig. 2. 



Type.—E. H. Taylor-H. M. Smith Coll. No. 5497. 



Type locality. — Huajintlan, Guerrero. 



Range. — The Balsas Basin from Michoacan to Morelos (known 

 from Chilpancingo and Huajintlan, Guerrero, and Apatzingan, Mi- 

 choacdn) . 



Genus PSEUDOLEPTODEIRA Taylor 



Pseudoleptodeira Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 25, 1938 (1939), p. 343. 



Genotype. — Hypsiglena latifasciata Gunther. 



Range. — Central Michoacan to central southern Oaxaca. 



Species. — Two. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF PSEUDOLEPTODEIRA 



1. Bands very numerous, about 50 on body ; scales in 19 rows ; one pre- 



ocular discolor 



Bands very few, 8 on body ; scales in 21 rows ; two preoculars latifasciata 



PSEUDOLEPTODEIRA DISCOLOR (Gunther) 



Leptodeira discolor Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1S60, pp. 317-318. 

 Hypsiglena discolor Gxtnther, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Kept., 1894, pp. 



137-138, pi. 49, fig. A. 

 Paeudoleptodeira discolor Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 25, 1938 (1939), 



p. 343. 



Type. — Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Type locality. — Oaxaca. 



Range. — Oaxaca, probably the southern central portion. 



PSEUDOLEPTODEIRA LATIFASCIATA (Gunther) 



Hypsiglena latifasciata GtJNTHEE, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Kept, 1894, p. 



138, pi. 49, fig. B. 

 Pseudoleptodeira latifasciata Tay'lor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 25, 1938 



(1939), pp. 343-344, pi. 39, fig. 4. 

 Leptodeira guilleni Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1905, p. 247, pi. 7, fig. 



2 (type locality, Rio Balsas, Guerrero). 



Type.— Bv'it. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Type locality. — Southern Mexico. 



Range. — The Rio Balsas basin in Guerrero, Michoacan, Morelos, and 

 Puebla (recorded from Rio Balsas and El Naranjo, Guerrero; El 

 Sabino and Hacienda California, Michoacan; Huajintlan, Morelos; 

 and Piaxtla, Puebla). 



Genus PSEUSTES Fitzinger 



Pseustes Fitzingeb, Systema reptilium, 1843, p. 27.— Brongersma, Zool. Meded., 

 vol. 20, 1937, pp. 5-6. 



