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MICRURUS EPHIPPIFER (Cope) 



Elaps epJiippifcr Cope, Proe. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 23, 1886, p. 281. 

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

 1933, p. 38.— Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 93, 1943, p. 453. 



Type.—V.S.'NM. No. 30085. 



Type locality. — Pacific side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 

 Range. — Pacific slopes of Oaxaca from Oaxaca city to the Isthmus 

 of Tehuantepec. 



MICRURUS FITZINGERI FITZINGERI (Jan) 



Elaps fitzingeri Jan, Rev. Mag. Zool., 1858, p. 521, pi. 1, col. 



Elaps fulvius fitzmgeri Jan, Icouographie generale des ophidiens, livr. 42, 1872, 



pi. 2, fig. 3. 

 Micrurus fitzingeri Schmidt, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 20, 1933, 



p. 38. 

 Micrurus fitzingeri fitzingeri Beown and Smith, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 55, 1942, pp. 63^65. 



Type. — Milan, Torino, Hamburg Mus., cotypes ; Vienna Mus. cotype 

 lost. 



Type locality. — ^Mexico. 



Range. — Central Mexico, Guanajuato to Morelos, and Michoa(jan 

 (recorded from ^^Guarmjimto,''^ 12 km. north of Cuernavaca, Morelos^ 

 and Zamora, Michoacdn; records for Mexico (city), Distrito Federal., 

 probably are referable to this race) . 



MICRURUS FITZINGERI MICROGALBINEUS Brown and Smith 



Micrurus fitzingeri TAYiiOR, Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull., vol. 27, 1939 (1940), pp. 484- 

 485. 



Micrurus fitzingeri microg'al'bineus Brown and Smith, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 55, 1942, pp. 63-65. 



Type.—E. H. Taylor-H. M. Smith Coll. No. 27847. 

 Type locality. — Seven km. south of Antiguo Morelos, Tamaulipas. 

 Range. — Known only from the type locality, 18 km. north of Valles, 

 San Luis Potosi^ and Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi. 



MICRURUS FULVIUS TENERE (Baird and Girard) 



Elaps tenere Baied and Gieabd, Catalogue of North American reptiles, 1853, pp. 



22-23. 

 Elaps fulvius tener Gaeman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 8, 1883, pp. 105, 169, 



pi. 8, fig. 3. 

 Micrurus fulvius tenere Schmidt, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 20, 



1933, p. 40. 



Type. — U.S.N.M. No. 1119, one cotype; two cotypes from New 

 Braunfels missing. 



Type locality. — San Pedro of the Rio Grande and New Braunfels, 

 Tex. 



