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TANTILLA PLANICEPS (Blainville) 



Coluier planiceps Blainville, Nouv, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 4, 1835, 



p. 294, pi. 27, fig. 3. 

 Tantilla phiniceps Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 13, 18G1, p. 74. 



Type.— Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris. 



Type locality. — California (including Baja California). 



Range. — Southern half of Baja California. 



TANTILLA RUBRA Cope 



Tantilla ruT)ra Cove, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sfci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 8, 1876, 

 p. 144.— Smith, Zoologica, vol. 27, 1942, p. 40; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 zool. ser., vol. 29, 1944, pp. 149^150. 



ry/>e.— U.S.N.M. No. 26500. 



Type locality. — Tapanatepec ( = Tapana or "Japana"), Oaxaca. 



Range. — Pacific slopes of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec northward 

 through central Oaxaca and the semiarid plains of Puebla and San 

 Luis Potosi to southern Nuevo Leon (known from the states of 

 Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, and San Luis Potosi) . 



TANTILLA STRIATA Dunn 



Tantilla striata Dunn, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 314, 1928, p. 3. — Smith, Zoologica, 

 vol. 27, 1942, p. 40. 



Type.—Kmev. Mus. Nat. Hist. No. 19745. 

 Type locality. — Mixtequilla, Oaxaca. 



Range. — The Pacific slopes of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (known 

 only from the vicinity of the type locality) . 



TANTILLA WILCOXI WILCOXI Stejneger 



Tantilla wllcoxi Stejnegee, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1902, pp. 156-157- 

 Tantilla loilcoxi wilcoxi Smith, Zoologica, vol. 27, 1942, p. 40. 



Ty^e.— U.S.N.M. No. 196T4. 

 Type locality. — Fort Huachuca, Ariz. 



Range. — Southeastern Arizona and western Chihuahua (known in 

 Mexico only from Mojarachic, Chihuahua). 



TANTILLA WILCOXI RUBRICATA Smith 



Tantilla wilcoxi ruT)Hcata Smith, Zoologica, vol. 27, 1942, pp. 40-41 ; Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 93, 1943, pp. 477-478. 



Ty/^e.— U.S.N.M. No. 110399. 



Type locality. — Fifteen miles southeast of Galeana, Nuevo Leon. 



Range. — Southeastern Coahuila to southern Nuevo Leon (known 

 only from near Saltillo, Coahuila; Charcas, San Luis Potosi; and the 

 type locality). 



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