CHECKLIST OF THE SNAKES OF MEXICO 175 



Range. — Gulf coast from Texas south to southern Tamaulipas, and 

 west to central Coahuila (recorded in Mexico only from the states of 

 Tamaulipas and Coahuila ) . 



MICRURUS LATICOLLARIS (Peters) 



Elapa marcgravii laticollaris Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1869, pp. 



877-878. 

 Mwrurus laticollaris Schmidt, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., vol. 20, 



1933, pp. 39-40 ; vol. 20, 1936, pp. 215-216, fig. 27.— Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. 



Bull., vol. 26, 1940, p. 484. 



Type. — Berlin Mus, (three cotypes). 



Type locality. — Probably Matamoros, Puebla. 



Range. — The Rio Balsas Basin in Michoacan, Guerrero, Puebla, 

 and Morelos, probably also in Oaxaca and Mexico (recorded from 

 Chilpancingo and Mexcala, Guerrero; El Sabino and Jorullo, 

 Michoacan; Cuernavaca, Morelos; and Matamoros, Puehla) . 



MICRURUS LATIFASCIATUS Schmidt 



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

 1933, p. 35.— Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 93, 1943, p. 454. 



Type.— Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 22135. 



Type locality. — Finca El Cipres, Volcan Zunil, Suchitepequez, 

 Guatemala. 



Range. — Pacific slopes of Guatemala and southern Chiapas (known 

 in Mexico only from La Esperanza (Mariscal), and near Escuintla, 

 Chiapas). 



MICRURUS NIGROCINCTUS OVANDOENSIS Schmidt and Smith 



Micrurus nigrocinctus zunilensis (ncc Schmidt) Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 93, 1943, p. 454. 

 Micrurus nigrocinctus ovandoensis Schmidt and Smith, I'ubl. Field Mus. Nat. 



Hist., zool. ser., vol. 29, 1943, pp. 26-28. 



Type.— U.S.'N.M. No. 111331. 



Type locality. — Salto de Agua, 1,500 feet, Mount Ovando, Chiapas. 



Range. — In foothills on Pacific slopes of southern Chiapas, and 

 perhaps southward to Honduras (known only from the type locality 

 and La Esjjeranza [near Escuintla], Chiapas). 



MICRURUS NIGROCINCTUS ZUNILENSIS Schmidt 



Micrurus nigrocinctus zunilensis Schmidt, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 

 vol. 20, 1932, pp. 263-267.— Schmidt and Smith, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 zool. ser., vol. 29, 1943, p. 26. 



Type.-CaYii. Acad. Sci. No. 66001. 



Type locality. — Finca El Cipres, Volcan Zunil, Suchitepequez, 

 Guatemala. 



Range. — Pacific slopes of Guatemala and southern Chiapas (known 

 in Mexico only from Mount Ovando, 6,000 feet, Chiapas). 



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