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Type locality. — Mazatlan, Sinaloa. 



Range. — Known definitely only from the type locality and from 

 "Colima." 



TROPIDODIPSAS SARTORH SARTORII Cope " 



Tropidodipsas sartorii Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 15, 1863, 



p. 100. — MocQUABO, Mission scientiflque au Mexique et dans TAmerique cen- 



trale, Kept., livr. 16, 1908, pp. 873-874, pi. 70, figs. 4, 5. 

 Tropidodipsas sartorii sartorii Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 93, 1943, pp. 



494-495. 

 Lepiognathus Dumerili Jan, Elenco sistematico degli Ofidi, 1863, p. 101 (type 



locality, Mexico; types in Milan, Torino, and Vienna Mus.) ; Iconographie 



gen^rale des ophidiens, livr. 37, 1870, pi. 6, fig. 2. 

 Tropidodipsas dunierilii Gunthek, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Rept., 1894, p. 



140j pi. 50, fig. A (in color; neck ring is yellow instead of red in three live 



Mexican specimens from Tabasco and Veracruz). 

 Galedon annularis Jan, Iconographie g6n6rale des ophidiens, livr. 36, 1870, pi. 



5, fig. 1 (type unknown ; type in Milan Mus.). 

 Lepiognathus leucostomus Bocoukt, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 8, 1884, 



p. 138 (type locality, Yucatan; type in Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris). 

 Leptognathus semicinctus Bocotiet, iUd., p. 139 (type locality, Alta Verapaz, 



Guatemala ; type in Paris Mus. ) . 

 Leptognathus cuculliceps MiIilee, Verh, Nat. Ges. Basel, vol. 8, 1887, pp. 273-274, 



pi. 1, fig. 4 (type locality, Verapaz, Guatemala; type in Basel Mus.). 



Type. — Lost. 



Type locality. — Mirador, Veracruz. 



Range. — Atlantic slopes from central Veracruz into Guatemala, in- 

 cluding the Yucatan Peninsula (known in Mexico from several locali- 

 ties in the states of Campeche, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz, 

 and Yucatan). 



TROPIDODIPSAS SARTORII ANNULATUS (Peters) 



Oeophis annuTatus Petebs, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1S70, p. 643, pi. 1, fig. 2. 

 Tropidogeophis amiidatus MtJiXER, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel., vol. 6, 1878, pp. 



4C9-411. 

 Tropidodipsas sp. aff. Tr. Sartorii MtJiiEE, iMd., pp. 612, 687-688. 

 Tropidodipsas sartorii anmiJatus Smith, Pro/c. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 93, 1943, pp. 



495-i96. 

 Leptognathus sexscutatus Bocoiirt, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 8, 1884, 



pp. 137-138 (type locality, Atitlan, Guatemala ; type in Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris). 

 Leptogyiathus Bernoullii Mullek, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel, vol. 8, 1887, pp. 272- 



'^ It has been impossible to determine definitely which of the two names, sartorii or 

 dumerili, has priority. Cope's description appeared in the April section of the Proceedings, 

 but apparently it was not published until later ; it was received at the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion .Tuly 13, 186.3. The foreword to Jan's Elenco was written March 1, 1863, at least 

 a month before Cope's paper was submitted, but the work was not received in this country 

 until October 29, 1863 (Smithsonian Institution), 3i^ months after Cope's paper was 

 received. Since transportation was then very slow, and the Elenco may not have been 

 distributed promptly, Jan's work may still be proved to have priority over Cope's. The 

 very incomplete evidence now available, however, favors retention of Cope's name. 



