CHECKLIST OF THE SNAKES OF MEXICO 117 



Rhadinaea decoratd dccorata Cope, Ann. Kept. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898 (1900), 

 p. 758 —Bailey, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 412, 1940, pp. 7-8, 

 pi. 2, fig. 5. 



Type.—BTit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Tyjye locality. — Mexico. 



Range. — Central Veracruz and northeastern Puebla to Darien; 

 western Chiapas near the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (recorded in Mexico 

 from the states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz). 



RHADINAEA FORBESI Smith 



Rhadinaca forlesi Smith, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 55, 1942, pp. 188-189, 

 fig. 3. 



Type.—U.^.'^.U. No. 110365. 



Type locality. — Tequeyutepec, 7 miles west of Jalapa, Veracruz. 



Range. — Known only from the type locality. 



RHADINAEA GAIGEAE Bailey 



Rhadinaea gaigcae Bailey, Copeia, 1937, No. 2, pp. 118-119 ; Occ. Pap. Mus. 

 Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 412, 1940, pp. 12-13, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



Ty2?e.—Mvis. Comp. Zool. No. 24983. 

 Type locality. — Alvarez, San Luis Potosi. 

 Range. — Southern central San Luis Potosi. 



RHADINAEA HESPERIA HESPERIA Bailey 



Rhadinaea hesperia Bailey, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 412, 1940, 



pp. 8-10, pi. 2, fig. 3. 

 Rhadinaea hesperia hesperia Smith, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 55, 1942, 



pp. 185-192. 



Type.— Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 42661. 



Type locality. — Omilteme and Sierra de Burro, Guerrero. 



Range. — Edge of the central Mexican Plateau from central Micho- 

 acan to Morelos; also the Sierra Madre del Sur, central Guerrero 

 (known definitely from the states of Guerrero, Michoacdn, and 

 Morelos). 



RHADINAEA HESPERIA BAILEY! Smith 



Rhadinaea hesperia haileyi Smith, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 55, 1942, 

 pp. 187-188, fig. 2. 



Type.—E. H. Taylor-H. M. Smith Coll. No. 5444. 

 Type locality. — El Treinte, Guerrero. 



Range. — Coastal regions of Guerrero; known definitely only from 

 the type locality. 



RHADINAEA HESPERIA HESPERIOIDES Smith 



Rhadinaea hesperia hesperioides Smith, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 42, 

 1942, pp. 180-187, fig. 1. 



Type.— U.S.^.M. No. 67373. 



