CHECKLIST OF THE SNAKES OF MEXICO 139 



TANTILLA JANI (Gunther) 



Eomaloeranium jani Gunthee, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Kept., 1895, p. 148, 



pi. 52, fig. D. 

 Tantilla jani Smith, Zoologica, vol. 27, 1942, pp. 3G-37. 



Type.— Bvit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Type locality. — Guatemala. 



Range. — Eastern portion of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, on the 

 Pacific side, southeastward through Chiapas into Guatemala (re- 

 corded in Mexico only from near Escuintla, Chiapas, and Tapanatepec, 

 Oaxaca). 



TANTILLA MARTINDELCAMPOI Taylor 



Tantilla martindelcampoi Taylor, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., vol. 39, 1936 (1937), 

 pp. 347-348, fig. 6; Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., vol. 26, 1939 (1940), p. 483.— 

 Smith, Zoologica, vol. 27, 1942, p. 37. 



Type.—E. H. Taylor-H. M. Smith Coll. No. 4550. 

 Type locality. — El Treinta, Guerrero. 



Range. — Southern central Guerrero (known only from the type 

 locality). 



TANTILLA MEXICANA (Gunther) 



Elapomorphus mexicanus Gunthek, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 9, 1862, 



p. 57, pi. 9, fig. 1. 

 Tantilla mexicana Smith, Zoologica, vol. 27, 1942, pp. 37-38. 



Type.— Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 Type locality. — Mexico. 

 Range. — Unknown. 



TANTILLA MINIATA Cope 



Tantilla miniator Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 15, 1863, p. 100. 

 Tantilla miniata Cope, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 32, 1887, p. 84 (corrects miniator, 



"errore typogr." ) . — Smith, Zoologica, vol. 27, 1942, p. 38. 

 Eomaloeranium lioulengeri Gunther, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Kept., 1895, 



pp. 14S-149, pi. 52, fig. F (type locality, Huatusco, Veracruz; type in Brit. 



Mus. Nat. Hist.). 



:ry;^e.— U.S.N.M. No. 25031. 

 Type locality. — Mirador, Veracruz. 



Range. — Central Veracruz, foothills (known only from the type 

 locality and Huatusco, Veracruz) . 



TANTILLA MOESTA (Gunther) 



Homalocranium moesttwi Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 12, 1803, 

 p. 352 ; Biologia Centrali-Americana, Rept., 1895, p. 152, pi. 52, fig. E. 



Tantilla moesta Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 18, 1860, p. 126. — 

 Smith, Zoologica, vol. 27, 1942, p. 38. 



Type.— Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 Type locality. — Peten, Guatemala. 



