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MICRURUS AFFINIS APIATUS (Jan) 



Maps apiatus Jan, Rev. Mag. Zool., 1858, p. 522, pi. 1, col. 



Micrurus affinis apiatus Schmii>t, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 20, 

 1933, pp. 37-38.— Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 93, 1948, p. 452. 



Type. — Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris. 

 Type locality. — Verapaz, Guatemala. 



Range. — Atlantic slopes of highlands of Chiapas and Guatemala 

 (known in Mexico only from Palenque, Chiapas). ^^ 



MICRURUS AFFINIS MAYENSIS Schmidt 



Micrurus affinis mayensis Schmidt, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist,, zool. ser., vol. 20, 

 1933, p. 37. 



Type.— Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 31872. 

 Type locality. — Chichen Itza, Yucatan. 



Range. — The Yucatan Peninsula (recorded from the state of Yuca- 

 tan and the territory of Quintana Eoo) . 



MICRURUS BERNADI (Cope) 



Elaps bernadi Cope, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 82, 1887, p. 87. 



Micrurus hernadi Schmiot, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist, zool. ser., vol. 20, 1983, 

 p. 40. 



Type.— Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. No. 14767. 



Type locality. — Zacualtipan, Hidalgo. 



Range. — ^Western Hidalgo and northern Puebla. 



AUCRURUS BROWNI Schmidt and Smith 



Micrurus hroioni Schmidt and Smith, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 

 29, 1943, pp. 29-30. 



Type.-YMd Mus. Nat. Hist. No. 38494. 

 Type locality. — Chilpancingo (Ciudad Bravos), Guerrero. 

 Range. — The Sierra Madre del Sur of central Guerrero (recorded 

 only from Omilteme and Chilpancingo). 



MICRURUS DIASTEMA DIASTEMA (Dnmeril, Bibron, and Dumeril) 



Elaps diastema Dtjm^bxl, Bibkon, and Dumeeh, Erpetologie gfe^rale, vol. 7, 



pt. 2, 1854, p. 1222. 

 Micrurus diastema diastema Schmidt, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., 



vol. 20, 1933, pp. 38-39 (part). 

 Elaps epistema Dumerel, Bibkon, and Dumeeil, Erpetologie g^n^rale, vol. 7, 



pt. 2, 1854, pp. 1222-1223 (type locality, Mexico; type in Mus. Hist. Nat. 



Paris ) . 

 Elaps fulvius hypostema Jan, Elenco sistematico degli Ofidi, 1863, p. 113 (type 



locality, Mexico; type in Westpbal-Casteluau collection). 



Type. — Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, three cotypes. 



8« The two specimens from this locality probably are in reality intergrades between 

 a. apiatus and a. alienus, but they are certainly nearer the former. 



